When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.

Anywhere that I can't check my email is a good place to write!

If you have something specific and visible to fear, rather than something that could be anything, it is easier.

Adult helplessness destroys children. Or it forces them to become tiny adults of their own.

Entropy and optimism: the twin forces that make the world go around.

One thing I've learned: you can know anything, it's all there, you just have to find it.

Nothing’s changed. You’ll go home. You’ll be bored. You’ll be ignored. No one will listen to you, really listen to you. You’re too clever and too quiet for them to understand. They don’t even get your name right.