When I was little, I made up my own fairy tales, and the ghostly echo of Once upon a time shapes all the fiction Ive ever written.

My father is a liar and so am I. But I’m going to stop. I have to stop. I will tell you my story and I will tell it straight. No lies, no omissions. That’s my promise. This time I truly mean it.

A difference in self loathing? Please. The only difference between a gun and a rope is the time it takes to tie the knot.

The job of every generation is to discover the flaws of the one that came before it. That's part of growing up, figuring out all the ways your parents and their friends are broken.

Eating good food is my favourite thing in the whole world. Nothing is more blissful.

Zombies are the proletariat. Long live the workers!

I give people If You Came Softly when they demand proof that novels for teens can be as good as the best novels for adults.

My favourite vampires are all very scary indeed. So the idea of falling in love with one is just weird to me.

In Australia we have a government actively undoing what little progress had been made on climate change and stripping money from all the important institutions such as the ABC, CSIRO and SBS.

I love blogging, even though apparently it's still dying, and hate it when I have too much going on to do so regularly.

Blogging, I love you no matter how out of fashion you are.

As president, I will fight to make tuition in public colleges and universities free, as well as substantially lower interest rates on student loans.

I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.

I just think you people would be happier back in Africa where you came from.

It's always good to be working.

I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs.

Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them.

Public action should seek to expand the set of opportunities of those who have the least voice and fewest resources and capabilities.

In order to refute a conclusion, you have to put forth the best possible argument for it.

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.

Heaven is along the way.