I sit back up and try to banish such thoughts from my mind. They're stickier than I expect.

The past will only catch you, if you ran from it to begin with.

There is nothing permanent except change.

Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of his dream.

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.

I don't make a lot of mistakes, honestly. I'm an A-student, I'm an Ivy Leaguer. I need those things.

I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head.

I always find myself pulled back into the fantasy genre, and I can't really explain it.