The fact is, I love him. He’s the boy I want and one day he’ll be MINE.

In a way, I was incrediibly proud of her (not that I had any intention of letting it show while I was beating the crap out of her).

The people who are your friends before you got the crown are the people who are going to be your best friends no matter what. Because they are the ones who love you for you-in...

My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers!

Well,’ I said. ‘I could strip off my clothes and reveal to you that under my jeans and sweatshirt I’m actually wearing a tank top and short-shorts, much like Lara Croft from Tomb Raider…only mine...

To achieve self actualization, do good things for other people that you would want to be done onto yourself

And you can’t have two stars in one relationship. Somebody has to be willing to be the wagon…at lease some of the time

I’ve never even been to Long Island

Home. Wow. I’m already calling it home.Well, isn’t that what any place is? Any place that you share withsomeone you love, I mean?

Because when you love something, you want to do it all the time, even if no one is paying you for it. At least that’s how I felt about drawing.

My readers are just that age where they are all into what’s new.

Bite me, Harry Potter.

I think we’re given multiple chances to meet multiple soulmates. Sure, you could meet a soulmate in highschool. But that doesn’t mean if you don’t act on it, you’ll never meet anyone else. You will,...

Good bye AEHS. You suck. I hate you. And yet… Somehow I’ll miss you too.

It’s what’s known as an origin myth. What happened to me? That’s no myth.

We kissed all the way through the fireworks display. We didn’t even notice that there was a fireworks display… …I guess because we’d been making fireworks of our own.

And that’s that as you get older, you lose things, things you don’t necessarily want to lose.

The minute the text-messaging icon went up on my Web site, teens were talking about it on my message boards. Anything that gets kids excited about books is great. This is just reading in a...

You know your Lamborghini is on fire, right?

It’s kind of depressing, if you think about it. I mean, me being so young, and yet so cynical and suspicious.

I thought if you wore that, no matter what face you saw every morning in the mirror,” he said in his deep voice, “you’ll never forget who you really are.”My eyes filling with tear, I...

You’ll blow up a helicopter, but you won’t go out with me? What is wrong with you?

Why does anyone commit murder?’ he asked in a low voice.’I-‘I blinked.’How should I know?”Three reasons,’ Christopher said. He held up one finger. ‘Love.’ Another finger. ‘Revenge.’ And finally, a third finger. ‘Profit…

Douglas has more books- and comic books- than anyone I know. Still, if you wanted to borrow one, and took it down off the shelf and forgot to mention it to him, Douglas would notice...

I was too lazy to start a whole new story, so I just stuck a princess into the story I was working on… and The Princess Diaries was born!

And in what fairy tale would John ever be any sane person’s idea of Prince Charming anyway? He was the opposite of charming. More like Prince Terrifying.

I usually know almost exactly how I feel. The problem is, I just can’t tell anyone.

One of the biggest mistakes girls can make concerning their romantic life is sitting around waiting for their prince to find them, rather than getting out there and finding him themselves.

And I’m sure than in Poland, or somewhere, it is considered cool to drive a Porsche and wear necklaces and black silk, but at least back in Brooklyn if you did those things you were...

Loud ringing noises, I’ve discovered, upset Mr.Peepers.

Weight doesn’t matter. It really doesn’t. I mean, it does if you’re a model or whatever.

No matter how nice the company one might be with, however, it is never pleasant to have a rifle pointed at one’s back.

This was very exciting. I’d never had two boys get into a fight over me before. The fact that one of the boys was my stepbrother, however, and held about as much romantic appeal for...

My mother’s psychologist says I have an overactive anger switch, but people just keep pissing me off.

Which type of wedding gown best suits you?If you are lucky enough to be tall and slender, you can pretty much get away with any type or shape of gown. That is why models are...

A seven-figure civil suit?

I was dead, and I hadn’t even been able to attend my own funeral.

Don’t ever let them tell you that you’re too stupid to do something. I’m not saying it’s going to be easy for you, the way it was for you mom. Maybe you’re going to have...

Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.

However, because they have no actual interests of their own (or if they do, they squelch them in order to fit in) and merely pursue those that they think will look best on their college...

It isn’t dopa…whatever! It’s love! Love!

Read and write all the time. Never stop sending out your stuff. If you’re constantly writing and sending stuff out, eventually someone will bite.

Who-who are you?” Seth asked, hesitantly.”Wh-what do you want?” How else was was I supposed to reply? The words were out of my mouth before I could stop them.I mean, I’d only seen the movie...

I felt as if the Milky Way, hovering above our heads like a celestial pitcher, had suddenly overturned, pouring suns and planets down my throat. Stars seemed to be shooting out of my finger and...

Oh, that’s just great. I come all the way back here, risking major brain cell burnout, and you don’t even believe me? I’m basically guaranteeing myself a lifetime of heartbreak, and all you have to...

There’s nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne.

I loved you way before you ever had a chance to put a spell on me. I loved you at ‘I’ve never been to Long Island,'” Zach said.I couldn’t keep a big goofy grin from...

I’m not presuming. I know exactly what you think about me. You think I’m an anal-retentive Armrest Nazi . . . an arrogant Modelizer. You can’t stand the way I talk, any of the subjects...

Always be true to your friends, just as you are to yourself.

Sorry, Bex,” Jason said “You don’t have the recognizable facial characteristics – such as a huge chin, or a large amount of real estate between the eyes – that would merit the bestowing of a...