Maybe everyone is just waiting for someone else to save them.

Hope doesn't mean anything. ... Action's the only thing that counts.

The Government justifies keeping everyone else in poverty because people seem to work the hardest when they're right on the edge of survival.

I snorted "oh, beauty. What's that good for?" Mary stared, her eyes round. "It won you the prince, did it not?" I snorted again, I prefer to think that he was captivated by my charming personality." I giggled to let Mary know I was trying to make fun of myself.

I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.

I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe

There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over.