I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.

I would never see him again. But as I watched the tunnel race before my eyes, I was certain of one thing: I did trust him. Now I had only to trust in myself.

I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, Im afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt it was a genre that gave me more freedom. It just seemed like I belonged there.

Nothing’s worse than a story without an end.

Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair.

I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.

My father thought I would lead a simple life; that I was bright but unambitious, complacant with whatever work life threw at me. My father, as usual, was wrong.