“in Los Angeles ... was the thinking-est crowd on earth: how to get ahead, how to mold a better body, how to have a better relationship, how to score, earn, fight, win, get published, be a star.” ThinkingBodyEarthFightingWinningStarsCrowdsScoreLos AngelesMoldGet Ahead Book:Flash Fire Source: Flash Fire
“I wonder why we always deny love. I remember in middle school, if you were accused of the crime of loving, you screamed denials constantly and stopped ever even looking at the boy you were accused of liking. The boys could destroy each other by yodeling, "An-drew lo-oves Jen-nie," and both Andrew and Jennie would flinch and blush. Love is this great thing that most songs and books and poems and lives are all about. So the minute we actually think there might be love around, we start laughing and pretending and hiding from it.” IfsThinkingBookMightSchoolRememberSongLove IsWonderBoysLaughingMiddleMinutesCrimeDenyGreat ThingsDenialHidingPretendingAccusedLoving YouAndrewMiddle SchoolYodeling Book:The Girl Who Invented Romance Source: The Girl Who Invented Romance
“People think they own time. They have watches and clocks and digital pulses. But they are wrong. Time owns them.” PeopleThinkingWatchesClockDigitalPulseWrong Time Book:The Time Travelers: Volume One Source: The Time Travelers: Volume One
“I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession. I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards, pizza toppings.” ThinkingKnowsWritingStoriesKidsParentDifficultProfessionPlotPizzaBackyardsAgonizingToppings Book:Twins Source: Twins
