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" I really wanted to be veterinarian, but I got a 410 on my math SATs. "

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" For each book, I do end up making a kind of playlist to fit the characters. "

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

" Remember, if you don't feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won't either. "

" 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. "

" My family, they're story tellers. My mom is Irish, and my dad is Italian. In my family, we weren't allowed to watch TV while we ate - we had to sit around the table and tell stories about our day. "

" 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. "

" Writing is a workout, just like going for a run! "

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

" I was an unhappy child, and that puts me off having a child of my own. "

" I like to think of my books and the movies of my books living in two separate universes. Each is very nice, but only one is correct - the book. But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the other versions, and I always do. "

" All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that you have to change the character a little bit in case your friend or your relative reads the book, because you don't want them to know you wrote about them... They might get mad. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

" I really liked drama and being in plays, so when I was playing a character onstage and I could act like somebody else, then I wasn't scared or nervous, but I didn't like meeting new people when I had to be myself. That was scary. "

" One of the reasons that I think I do love to write is because I did have a difficult childhood and not so great teenage years. It always helped me escape from my problems. "

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

" I was the kind of kid who couldn't really stop making up stories during class. I didn't do very well academically because I was always drawing these little doodles in the margins of my notebooks and I wasn't bringing home the best grades. "

" In high school, I wanted to be an actress. Until I got to college and took some creative writing courses. Then I decided I wanted to become a novelist. "

" When I did see the story of Persephone, I was really drawn to it. Persephone, the goddess of spring, was kept from Olympus by her mother, Demeter, because Demeter was very worried that the gods of Olympus would do something terrible to her. "

" I don't have kids, but in many ways I feel I've had them already. I don't want to say I raised my brothers - that sounds too strong - but actually I do feel like that a bit. "

" Even though I loved to write, I never liked English lit. class very much. I think it ruins books when you dissect them too much. I liked my art classes best. "

" 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. "

" I think you get so wrapped up in the book you're currently writing, it's hard to think about anything else. But I know as soon as I'm done with this book, I'll move on to something else. "

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

" When I was a kid, I had a couple of really good friends, like some really good best friends, but I was really shy other than that. "

" Usually writer's block arises when something is wrong internally with the story. "

" Growing up, I mostly read comic books and sci-fi. Then I discovered the book 'Jane Eyre' by Jane Austen. It introduced me to the world of romance, which I have since never left. Also, the world of the first-person narrative. "

" We can all agree that first loves can be a scary thing, and that growing up is hard to do. "

" 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. "

" Pretty isn't the only thing that matters - being smart and kind matters more, of course - but all daughters should hear from their moms that they look pretty once in a while. "