But when a girl gives a boy a dead squid - that had to mean something.

There have been five great kisses since 1642 B.C...(before then couples hooked thumbs.) And the precise rating of kisses is a terribly difficult thing, often leading to great controversy.... Well, this one left them all behind.

If all that's going on in your scenes is what's going on in your scenes, think about it a long time.

Look. (Grown-ups skip this paragraph) I'm not about to tell you this book has a tragic ending. I already said in the very first line how it was my favorite in all the world. But there's a lot of bad stuff coming.

You're an enemy of art and I pity your ignorance," Domingo said.

One of the easiest things in the world is not to write... If it were easy, everyone would do it.

One way an author dies a little each day is when his books go out of print.