“Nowadays it seems as though people sit down to write what they know is...” — Lois Lowry Quote

Nowadays it seems as though people sit down to write what they know is going to be a trilogy.

I was a sidelines child: never class president, never team captain, never the one with the most valentines in my box.

I think when you've had success, publishers and reviewers and readers are willing to let you try something new if you've already proven yourself. They're excited about what you're doing, you have people interested in it, and actually waiting for it. It's empowering.

This may sound strange, but at a very early age, at around 3, I was aware that I was smarter than the other kids.

Often in the past, there have been authors that were deeply disappointed in their adaptation, but that's because they haven't accepted the fact that a movie is a different thing, and it can't possibly be the same as the book.

In my 20s, I was too shy to reach out to successful DPs and directors for an internship or to shadow them. I see young people nowadays doing that all the time. I think that experience would have been cool.

I am aware, as everybody has to be, that there's more competition for one's attention nowadays.

Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.

I personally feel like certain topics and certain issues aren't really being conveyed the right way in music nowadays. It's all very direct and to the point without leaving anything to the imagination.

People don't live nowadays: they get about ten percent out of life.