For me, writing for younger audiences and writing for adults uses two different halves of my brain.

Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.

The sweetest smiles hold the darkest secrets.

Don't believe everything you hear

No one believes a liar. Even when she's telling the truth.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the naughtiest of them all?

Every pretty girl is a heartbreaker

The best secrets are the most twisted

Mike drank straight from the carton, wiped his mouth, and stared at her. "You've been acting freaky. Are you high? Can I have some if you are?

Its more fun to think of the future than dwell on the past.

Without Mona, Hanna felt like a great outfit without matching accessories, a screw-driver that was all orange juice and no vodka, and an iPod without headphones. She just felt wrong.

Whatever you do, be happy with you. Don't conform. You are who you are, and you shouldn't change that for anybody.

Every new promise was like something heavy I had to carry, with no place to put anything down.

What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery.

People write music, and the music is out there for people to interpret it how they want to.

I'm someone who lived in a war for five years. I received bombs on my head every day of my childhood. Did that stop me from living? Did that stop me from laughing?

I know what I would do if I were coach. I'd determine our strengths and weaknesses and utilize them. And it's pretty clear what our strength is.

I put God first and do not allow other things to cloud my vision.

I am writing better Stephen Sondheim songs than even Stephen Sondheim is writing.

The only thing we should prohibit is violence.

With a heart that is truthful, keeping you youthful.