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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" 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! "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't give books as gifts. Books are extremely personal, and I would hate to give someone a book that they don't like or want, because it would break my heart if they didn't read it. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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! "

" 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. "