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" I would never give up 'The Wire,' 'Breaking Bad,' and 'Game of Thrones.' I'm grateful for all these expensive, excellent, graphically ambitious programs. "

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" I love New York, but sometimes New York is so mean to you. "

" The first time I drank LaCroix, I half expected it to be filled with self-tanner. Or Axe body spray. "

" If you're holding your iPhone, and it's the newest iteration of it, you're like, 'Oh, famous people have my phone. Captains of industry have my phone.' And that can be an intoxicating experience for someone who is going off to college for the first time. "

" There is so much focus on being self-sufficient, and it makes it very difficult to ask for things. I've been crippled by this notion of high-functioning self-sufficiency. And I see it a lot in younger girls. Asking for help brings people closer in a way that I suspected but didn't actually put into practice. "

" Never hold up your entire group of friends in real life trying to capture a perfect Instagram pose. Nobody cares. "

" Have passion, yes, but acknowledge that side projects are still work. They shake things up, just like switching up your workout helps you stay one step ahead of your torpid metabolism. They scramble the synapses. "

" The thing about living in New York as a writer is that you hit that age where it feels like everyone has a book all at the same time. It's like that one year where you're invited to twenty weddings. "

" LaCroix sparkling water is absolutely delicious. "

" Rihanna's boots are too scared to look bad on Rihanna. "

" Your mom is the first person you fall in love with, so it's loaded forever and carries all this baggage. There's almost always a communication barrier in place. In my case it's a language and cultural barrier, but other times, it's because your mother's love is conditional or because you're fundamentally different. "

" I've always been a texting advocate. "

" There's a really generous readership with YA. "

" For people who deal with anxiety or depression or can't be in large social groups cognitively, emotionally, or even physically, phones help bridge the gap. "

" SoulCycle feels gross, is gross, and I'm grateful to have found it. "

" Manhattan, after eight years here, still reminds me of Hong Kong. There are parts of Chinatown that are the spit and image of streets in Wan Chai, and I am held in thrall by the Chrysler building as much as I was by I.M. Pei's Bank of China Tower. "

" Twenty-thirteen was the year I got super into SoulCycle. "

" I am anti-Halloween. "

" My brother's in comics. I work in media. "

" 'Sorry' is unlike anything Bieber has made in the past. It has been classified as 'tropical house' and 'dancehall,' but everyone seems to agree on one thing: It's a banger. "

" Never post food on your Instagram. Nobody cares, and only old people do it. "

" I'm great at leaving. I am less talented at getting left, though I should be better, given how much it's happened. "

" I like science a whole bunch, but I love 'The X-Files' more - I want to believe. "

" Pedicures are disgraceful. "

" Consider this: alms aside, Wikipedia is fueled by competitive pedantry and emo-ness. How great is that? "

" I'm just going to write whatever I'm going to write, and whatever shelf or section they end up on at the bookstore is just going to be that, and I'll let the marketing people pull their hair out and worry about it. "

" Reading aloud to other people is wonderful - if you have people who will suffer it. "

" Wikipedia's a collaborative experiment akin to Simon Winchester's account of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary in 'The Professor and the Madman,' which outlines James Murray's mission to produce the tome in the 19th century. "

" Aside from the can, everything about LaCroix is gentle. "

" I commit words to paper and the Internet for everyone to pick apart, so I think I tend to be a lot more cynical and dulled. "