I'm fully aware that some of the stuff I write is going to offend people or p*ss them off. They should be fully aware that I don't really care.

To any man who has slaved to acquire skill in his art, it is most irritating to have his ability referred to as a “gift.”

Clary wondered what exactly peanut-fish-olive-tomato soup tasted like.

I know I probably offend some people. I have been talking a little too much so I'm trying not to talk as much.

Maybe because I'm a child of the 80's, but for me a sequel is a story that follows the previous one, and sometimes if you haven't seen the original then you don't understand the second one.

The sciences are the 'how,' and the humanities are the 'why' - why are we here, why do we believe in the things we believe in. I don't think you can have the 'how' without the 'why.'

[My childhood was ] spiritual than religious.

Today I escaped all circumstance, or rather I cast out all circumstance, for it was not outside me, but within my judgements.

I didn't just want to be Frank's daughter who sang Boots. I take my music very seriously and studied very hard. It's not a joke to me.

I don't talk about myself in the third person, and I laugh at people who do.

I'm not paranoid,I just don't trust people.