I also know that you can lie not only by what you say but what you don't say.

We all have our own battles to fight, and sometimes we have to go it alone. I'm stronger than you think, you'd be surprised.

It's all right to have secrets, ... as long as you don't have any secrets from yourself.

The first draft is just a skeleton-just bare bones. It's like the very first rehearsal of a play, where the director moves the actors around mechanically to get a feel of the action.

Writing, for me, is the best occupation I can think of, and there is nothing in the world I would rather do.

Happiness is wanting what you have.

An idea in the head is like a rock in the shoe; I just can't wait to get it out.

Since no one really knows what or who God is, or whether God is at all, why can't God be hope?

It's what they say to do when you're depressed, you know. Walk in someone else's shoes for a while, and your own won't feel so tight.

You don't have to be part of a couple to be happy, you know.

When you’ve found the right one - when you see him, when you’re with him - you’ll feel like you’re coming home.

I won't stop writing until I am known as the Kurt Cobain of literature!

It takes a long time to learn how to do something simple.

He knew himself well enough that once she was gone he wouldn’t last regardless. His heart would simply stop beating without her.

Torture: knowing something makes no sense, but doing it anyways.

California became the last state in the west to regulate groundwater usage. The state's first-ever mandatory water restrictions soon followed.

I think it will help people have a better work-life balance, that's really important - that's the centre ground for me, it's the issues people care about in their lives.

I write books for young adults because I truly connect with them on some very deep level. They are our hope, our future, and inspiring them to be the best they can be is very important to me.

Measure the hate you feel now, and the shame. That quantity is your capacity also to love and to feel joy and to have compassion.

I did drugs for 18 years and I never got that bad as to say, 'You know what? I think the Kaiser Chiefs are brilliant.'

You know, I'll always be your slave 'til I'm buried, buried in my grave.