If I can write a book that will help the world make a little more sense to a teen, then that's why I was put on the planet.
From Laurie Halse Anderson
Each reader has to find her or his own message within a book.
That can be the most painstaking aspect of being a teen, figuring out what the world really looks like. If you find someone in a book, you know you're not alone and that's what's so comforting about books.
I'm finally watching 'Mad Men.' As a child of the '60s, I can't believe how old everything looks! I am the age of baby Eugene.
I've dealt with depression my entire life, on and off, which makes me the perfect author for teenage readers.
You know how sometimes you hear a chord played on an organ and you can feel it vibrating in your bones? Sometimes when I'm writing, I can feel my bones vibrating because I'll have a thought or I'll have a character's voice in my head, and that's when I know I'm on the right track.
I wish America would stop judging and criticizing teens and instead, try to understand the battles they have to fight every day.
Kids are mostly very resilient.
I don't reread my books after they're published, because it's agony.
Sometimes things just fall out of your head on the paper, and if you're smart, you learn not to touch them.
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