A WRINKLE IN TIME is one of my favorite books of all time. I've read it so often, I know it by heart. Meg Murry was my hero growing up. I wanted glasses and braces and my parents to stick me in an attic bedroom. And I so wanted to save Charles Wallace from IT.

I can't kill someone!" "You hit your brother in the head with a fire extinguisher." "But that was family! And I didn't kill him.

And in what fairy tale would John ever be any sane person's idea of Prince Charming anyway? He was the opposite of charming. More like Prince Terrifying.

One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need it, like I did.

Maybe you just saw what you wanted to see. Or maybe you justfelt what you wanted to feel.

I don't seem to fit to associate with humans.

There are nice, funny, totally good-looking guys out there. You just have to know where to look…and apparently, where NOT to look.