In 1998, I started a blog, something I could control very easily and update at my own whim.

What's the point of having a book club if you don't get to eat brownies and drink wine?

In the wintertime I like macaroni and cheese.

An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities.

I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers, or brain cleansers.

You can quit smoking, and never have to have a cigarette again to survive. But with food, it is a daily challenge.

I love doing readings. I could really give a crap about reviews. It's kind of about the readers.

I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe in Santa Claus, and I was ruining everyone's Christmas.

I just think structure can make a book feel so much bigger. It's the architecture. You could use flimsy materials if you wanted to, even, but it could still feel big.

I'm not that much of a researcher. I'm good at channeling characters, and I'm good at structure.

Smart, sharp, and hilarious, Slaughterhouse 90210 is the perfect pick-me-up and never-put-me-down book.

Make sure you date someone who always makes you want to dance, with or without music.

It was part of his nature to extenuate nothing and live on as one of his own worst accusers.

It’s not the quality of the answers that changes our lives, it’s the quality of the question

Addiction is when you can't get enough of what you don't want any more.

It's not what you want in this life, it's what you get that you have to do with.

When the doors closed behind me I felt like a bird had got inside my chest and was beating its wings trying to get loose, and it wasn't leaving much room for me to breathe.

After fifteen minutes nobody looks at a rainbow.

Should I eat first or accuse the Master of the City of murder? Choices, choices. -Anita

Most books and movies that are handed to teenagers are filled with stereotypes.

I don't think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society.