His eyes are like a telescope. I look into them and I'm transported across the universe to a world I've never been.

Cut the ending. Revise the script. The man of her dreams is a girl.

This is my vision-what I imagine I'll pass through on my way to the light. The blue sky, the clouds, the rays of light.

...the man of my dreams is a girl.

Really? It seems too good to be true. I don't trust it. I don't trust anyone.

Your failures and your faults, they stick with you. They glob into ugly, cancerous growths inside you and make you want to die.

Me? I had no dreams. No longings. Dreams only set you up for disappointment. Plus, you had to have a life to have dreams of a better life.

No one ever found out what was happening inside me. How the pain was eating me away. No one ever came to my rescue, or stood up for me.

What's the point of living if you don't belong anywhere?

What you see, isn't always what you get

Is that all I am? A friend?" "Of course not," I say. "I love you." "Am I the only one?" she asks. "Yes. Completely." First, last, and always.

Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought.

A day becomes gloomy if there are no smiles. Smile to light up the world!

In algorithms, as in life, persistence usually pays off.

It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man.

Size is relative. If everyone is fat, no-one is fat

Things that are complex are not useful, Things that are useful are simple.

My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.

I'm not a person who worries too much about what I've done.

Whatever the needs of family members may be, we can strengthen our families as we follow the counsel given by prophets.

Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition, and certainly the idea came first.