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

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

" I used to draw and illustrate, but I don't do that anymore because I just like to write. I like to leave the illustrations to actual professional illustrators. "

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

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

" Sometimes I just want to write a really intense love scene. But I can't do that in my books for teens, or parents will complain - believe me, I've tried. "

" Writing used to be my hobby, but now that it's my job, I have no hobby - except watching TV and laying around the pool reading 'U.S. Weekly.' I have tried many hobbies, such as knitting, Pilates, ballet, yoga, and guitar, but none of them have taken. "

" 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. "

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

" Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it's just you, with input from your editor. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either. "

" 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! "

" I think if I hadn't been a writer, I'd have been a teacher like my dad. He was a college professor, and one of my greatest regrets is that he passed away before I was able to prove to him that I wasn't going to be stuck working at Rax Roast Beef for the rest of my life! "

" This is how many people become artists, musicians, writers, computer programmers, record-holding athletes, scientists... by spending time alone practicing what they love. "

" 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. "

" We were a very funny family. Humour was the tool with which my brother and I tried to get attention. We were always trying to be the funniest. "

" When you feel like an outsider - for whatever reason - you spend a lot of time alone. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I actually love writing for teens best. I had such an awful time in my own teen years - I love having the chance to relive them through my fiction. "

" Strong female characters - even if they don't necessarily make the same decisions that we might - make such great narrative material, especially when there's an equally strong male character in the mix. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I love jezebel.com for the latest on fashion, style, and celebrity gossip. I also love gawker.com for New York celebrity sightings, and galleycat.com and trashionista.com for book news. "

" 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. "