I think to be writer you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always drawn to characters in books and films who were at the fringes.

The point is, it didn’t really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.

Because you don't learn anything unless you can find the patience to read. TV takes that away from you. It robs you from your mind.

Fear is shiny. Ruthless in the eyes.

Often I wish this would all be over, Liesel, but then somehow you do something like walk down the basement steps with a snowman in your hands.

Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.

Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.