Usually my characters, though young, tend to be street-wise.
Teenage boys cannot be trusted. Their intentions are not pure.
Can we try to be wise with each other for a very long time?
Drosophila,” I said, remembering the word. “What?” Lily asked. “Why do girls always fall for guys with the at ention span of drosophila?” “What?” “Fruit flies. Guys with the attention span of fruit flies.” “Because they’re hot?” “This,” I told her, “is not the time for being truthful.
I've always been sort of a closet sci-fi geek.
Listen to me: I never married because I was too easily bored. It's an awful, self-defeating trait to have. It's much better to be too easily interested.