Whatever you hold onto that you want to do, and that other people tell you you are foolish to want to do - don't give up.

Also, as an author, character has always been what I’m most interested in – much more so than plot or setting, although those are good things too.

Feelings are like three-year-olds. They’re not rational. They’re just there.

My tears were hot and salty, and I imagine them melting my heart.

It was almost pleasant, in a life-sucks-but-at-least-there’s-good-music sort of way.

There’s something strange about this big pink bunny...

She felt justified in hurting him, because he had hurt her... but now all her justifications fell away like dead butterflies...

If you love someone, you should be willing to show it. This is our one shot at life.

You know, this technology that we have, and the Internet and Twitter and Facebook – I get so many of those emails that talk about hard times that kids have gone through, how books have helped them, but also happy times.

If she did see, I hoped she’ be amazed. Amazed and thankful, because without even asking, she’d received a genuine autograph from a genuine girl from Atlanta. Not just any girl, but a girl who was, frankly, a pretty big deal. A girl who was me.