Why had I taken all those useless classes like bio and German when I should have been taking lipreading?
Friend Tim shakes hands with Perfect Specimen of Mankind. Will never wash right hand again.
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.
And generally, when people say good night, they keep their tongues to themselves.
Do not chase boys. Chasing boys is bad. Chasing boys can lead to horrible things like mansions going up into flames, hand amputations, and blindness. So have some self respect and don’t let things get too far before the wedding day.
In high school, I was very active in extracurricular activities such as art, theatre, and choir. I also wrote for the school newspaper, but not regularly, because I never liked writing non-fiction very much.
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 going to come out between my legs and I’m going to look like I’m walking around with an enormous load in my pants.
If you’re writing a screenplay, you need to be prepared to let go: there’s a good chance the words you write aren’t going to be the ones that end up on screen.
For each book, I do end up making a kind of playlist to fit the characters.
I was an unhappy child, and that puts me off having a child of my own.
I wish I had taken Spanish instead of French in high school. I could eavesdrop on a lot more conversations on the subway if I knew Spanish.
One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need it, like I did.
Remember, if you don’t feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won’t either.
There was a DJ who stayed up for eleven days straight, the longest recorded period of time anyone has ever gone without sleep, and he started playing nothing by Phil Collins, and that’s how they knew it was time to call the ambulance.
I stare at her, as dumbstruck as if she’d just admitted she’s a Scientologist with an invitation to join Tom and Katie on the spaceship when it shows up.
Diet Coke does not contain nasty chemicals. It contains lovely and delicious carbonation, caffeine, and aspartame. What’s unnatural about that?
Foxy girls know that silence may be golden-but only for four seconds. Anything longer and you’re heading for Awkward Avenue.
They say it’s always darkest until right before the dawn. I’ve worked on enough projects to know how true this saying really is.
The first thing we did was change all the clocks so that her siblings thought it was bedtime, then put them to bed ignoring their plaintive protests that they were not tired. They wept themselves to sleep soon enough.
I love the Princess Diaries series! Do you?