“My friends and I did one of those 'Who's Hot and Who's Not' lists. Eve...” — Jay Asher Quote

My friends and I did one of those 'Who's Hot and Who's Not' lists. Every school has those, and now they are online, which makes it even worse. It was one of those moments that I look back on a lot, and think that was horrible.

There's no way to know exactly what someone's dealing with, no matter how open you are. You're just never going to know everything.

I miss the newness of Magic Eye posters, which really are amazing.

Actually, I love trying to figure out why certain books become hits while others, which may be just as good, have trouble finding an audience.

Teens in the '90s had the same basic desires as they do now.

Early on, when you're working in a new area of science, you have to think about all the pitfalls and things that could lead you to believe that you had done something when you hadn't, and, even worse, leading others to believe it.

Cancer has been the No. 1 cause of death during the last half-century. The trend is getting even worse as the average life span increases.

The news is notoriously inaccurate, and our memory of it is even worse.

I learned that my upbringing was rough, but there's other people out there where their upbringing is even worse than mine. It just gives you even more of a reason to want to help.