I am a voracious reader myself. I don't stick to one genre. My only criteria is that it's a good story. I try to bring that to my work because I think people can read your excitement about a story.

You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog.

Don't try to follow in my footsteps. Make your own footsteps! No one else can tell the stories that are inside of you except for you.

Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty.

I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people arent, and as a child, I really liked it.

Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.

Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.

[On men:] ... you never know what they're like until you get them home and take them out of their packages.

As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.

Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity.

You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

Know what you want. Pursue what you need. Realize what you ought. Attain what you desire.

The hardest thing to do is to trust people.

The life of a working model in L.A. kind of sucks.

We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective.

In my 20s I was in constant pain from undiagnosed endometriosis. With no prospect of a cure, I decided I needed a career - writing - that could accommodate being ill.

It's what a fellow thinks he knows that hurts him.

Being nervous is a waste of time.

Never settle. There is no reason to rush.

Right now many schools have no recess. Most schools have no PE.

But the answer is simple. Love is a mix tape.