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...

I get accused all the time of having a bigmouth. But if you ask me, guys gossip way more than girls do.

Jako kdyby tě zajímalo její srdce! Jsi snad kardiolog? To určitě. Ta holka má IQ dortový polevy.

One of the many advantages of having a boyfriend who is half French is that his culinary repertoire extends beyond mac and cheese. Plus, there’s the kissing.

And try to remember what we discussed, Susannah. A mediator is someone who helps others resolve conflicts. Not someone who, er, kicks them in the face.

That’s why Henric was trying tokeep this from you. Because he realized it was the one thing that might help you remember what yourmother always taught you. You, of all people, really do have a...

Forget about showering with my fellow students in Tribeca Alternative’s prison-style showers—one nozzle for four to six girls at a time—in the locker room. It was impossible to work up a sweat during what passed...

And I like a good horror story as much as the next person so long as they kill off some men too and not just girls. But the voices Joan heard were real. There’s clear...

When something horrible happens, it’s human nature to want to blame it on someone. We want someone to be held accountable, even though sometimes things just happen.

And you’re not even wearing Spanx.

Nikki “Brandon’s never hurt anyone. He’s competely sweet and adorable.”I choked a little on the sip of sparkling water I’k just swallowed. If Brandon was sweet and adorable, I was Satan’s bride.

Also, I think I felt something come loose back there. I’m not trying to overreact or anything but I think it was my uterus. Honest. I think my uterus jiggled free. My uterus is just...

The only way, I thought to myself, that this could get any weirder would be if it turns out he has that dead body’s head on ice where in the basement, some ready for transplantation...

If you give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day, but if you teach him to fish, he’ll eat all the fish you might have caught for yourself.–Advice of Paul Slater, the evil...

Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it...

Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all. For now you...

There will be no more British guys. Unless they are members of the royal family, of course.

It was around then that the phone rang. It was my friend Cee Cee, wanting to know if I cared to join her and Adam McTavish at the Coffee Clutch to drink iced tea and...

I like ’em big. And stupid. Don’t tell my husband.

Being brave is when you have to do something because you know it is right, but at the same time, you are afraid to do it, because it might hurt or whatever. But you do...

…men aren’t in touch with their emotions, and don’t share enough [?]

If the guy likes/loves you, he won’t care if you are a good kisser or not.He should like you for what you are – not how you kiss.

I realized Michael was right. I mean, I am always writing in this journal. And I do compose a lot of poetry, and write a lot of notes and emails and stuff. I mean, I...

My favorite book of all time is Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons.