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

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.

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.

Warning: Do not read this story right after eating. In fact, don't read it right before eating either. In fact, just to be safe, don't read this story if you're ever planning to eat again.

The media tends to portray the teenage world as one where drinking and sex is taken for granted. In fact, I think most teenagers don't drink, are unsure of themselves, and feel awkward around members of the opposite sex.

Give me a dollar or I'll spit on you.

I think of a book and a play, or a book and a movie, as two separate things - I don't think of it as my novel having a new life.