I may have ruined my life, but at least I got to eat some really good Chinese food.

But don't forget who you really are. And I'm not talking about your so-called real name. All names are made up by someone else, even the one your parents gave you. You know who you really are. When you're alone at night, looking up at the stars, or maybe lying in your bed in total darkness, you know that nameless person inside you...Your muscles will toughen. So will your heart and soul. That's necessary for survival. But don't lose touch with that person deep inside you, or else you won't really have survived at all.

But I'm taking small steps 'Cause I don't know where I'm going I'm taking small steps And I don't know what to say. Small steps, Trying to pull myself together And maybe I'll discover A clue along the way!

Zero wasnt worried, " When you spend your whole life living in a shole", he said, "the only way you can go is up.

I'm not stupid. I know everybody thinks I am. I just don't like answering their questions.

I want kids to think that reading can be just as much fun and more so than TV or video games or whatever else they do. I think any other kind of message or morals that I might teach is secondary to first just enjoying a book.

When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all the final decisions.