Of course, I had my heart broken as a teen. I was desperately in love with myself. Then I found out that I was completely shallow. I haven't spoken to myself since.

I can't tell you how irritating it is to be an atheist in a haunted house.

Then it was this big thing. She was like, 'I never want to see you again', and I was like, 'Fine. Okay? Fine. Then get some special goggles.

At long last, you may no longer distinguish what binds you from what is you.

Older teens tend to write to me and say, 'Thank you for not writing down to teenagers.'

I eat broccoli. I think about the plot. I pace in circles for hours, counter-clockwise, listening to music. I try to think of one detail in the scene I'm about to write that I'm really excited about writing. Until I can come up with that one detail, I pace.

I was someone who really loved fantasy novels and science fiction novels.