God, what if TMZ got hold of the truth about me? What a liar I am, I mean? What kind of role model am I? I make Vanessa Hudgens look like Mother Freaking Teresa. Minus the whole nudity thing. Because I'm not about to take naked photos of myself and send them to my boyfriend.

You’re not a one hundred dollar bill, not everyone is going to like you.

My favorite book of all time is Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons.

Remember, if you don't feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won't either.

I think we make our own luck. Our parents give us life, but what we do with that life is our own responsibility.

Being brave is when you have to do something because you know it is right, but at the same time, you are afraid to do it, because it might hurt or whatever. But you do it anyway.

Sometimes I just want to write a really intense love scene. But I can't do that in my books for teens, or parents will complain - believe me, I've tried.