Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.

I was looking at the photographs and I started thinking that there was a time when these weren't memories.

And even if she says no, and really means yes, then quite frankly she's playing games and isn't worth the price of dinner.

Those writers that have zero say in their movie adaptations have zero say because they sell it. If you don't sell it, and you do it yourself, and you wait until the screenplay is ready, you don't have to worry about that.

You know . . . a lot of kids at school hate their parents. Some of them got hit. And some of them got caught in the middle of wrong lives. Some of them were trophies for their parents to show the neighbors like ribbons or gold stars. And some of them just wanted to drink in peace.

I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.

Do you know what 'masturbation' is? I think you probably do because you are older than me. But just in case, I will tell you. Masturbation is when you rub your genitals until you have an orgasm. Wow!