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" My sweet spot as a writer and, especially, as an essayist is sub-1500 words. "

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" People bursting into song in unison and then pointing it at me is maybe the worst thing I can think of, never mind that you have to pay good money to go be yelled/danced at. "

" Bieber has taste and pull, which is as important to making quality pop as actual talent. "

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

" Home is where my house pants live. And they're hideous. "

" If you can relate to what another person is going through while giving their experience room to be its own discrete thing, you're probably a crackerjack emergency contact. "

" I am obsessed with Neil Patrick Harris on Twitter. "

" 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. "

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

" Try life as your own boss, on your own voyage. No daily commute. No salad bar at 12:15. No cc'ing about the meeting. "

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

" I'm a sucker when it comes to under-explored human potential and 'stuff that makes you be better.' "

" 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. "

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

" A fanboy's heart is filled with love, enthusiasm, and insecurity. "

" I have a lot of respect for people who write a whole book because I've heard it will kill you. "

" Jockeying for a popularity position has been a valorized teen tradition since the notion of a discrete teen stage of life was invented. "

" Teens are strange and magical. "

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" Never post anything personal to your Facebook wall. Or anyone else's, for that matter. Only snitches and teachers look at Facebook. "

" Join a Bikram-flow-yoga, Flywheel, or Pilates class so you can find spiritual oneness amid grunting socialite moms. Do whatever you want. Just, please, for the love of God, stop talking about it. "

" Eventually, I just want to write wavy little short stories. "

" I find texting to be kind of a safe space. "

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

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

" I've always been a texting advocate. "

" By the time you're in your 30s, unless somebody makes the god-awful decision to gift you with a cooking class or salsa lessons, it may have been a while since you learnt something new. "

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" Do you know why we pay trainers and nutritionists? Because having to muster interest in the minor successes of someone else's journey toward pedestrian-ass healthiness is taxing and should be compensated. "