Writing a novel is a lot like directing a movie because you are creating a world and a tone, you are creating a large canvas and all the details.

I walked over to the hill where we used to go and sled. There were a lot of little kids there. I watched them flying. Doing jumps and having races. And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. And they will all kiss someone someday. But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn't.

I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.

the juniors were acting different because they are now the seniors. They even had T-shirts made. I don't know who plans these things.

I remembered this one time that I never told anybody about. The time we were walking. Just the three of us. I was in the middle. I don't remember where we were walking to or where we were walking from. I just remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere

Movies, by nature, are not subjective, they're objective.

He realized that if he didn't leave, it would never be his life. It would be theirs.