I Kept A Diary As A Teenager

I Stop And Think Before I Start A New Book And Ask Myself Do I Really Want To Spend The Next Year Or Two Or Three With These Characters Because If I Don't, Then I Shouldn't Be Writing About Them.

"summer Sisters" Was Actually Was A Huge Influence On "girls" Because It Was The First Thing I Ever Consumed That Sort Of Looked At The Way That Female Friendship Can Be Glorious And Can Be Complicated And Can Be So Like A Worse Betrayal Than Something Romantic And It Just Showed These Archetypes Of Femininity Than Totally Sort Of Individuated Them And Exploded Them.

Librarians Save Lives By Handing The Right Book At The Right Time To A Kid In Need.

When I Started To Write, It Was The '70s, And Throughout That Decade, We Didn't Have Any Problems With Book Challenges Or Censorship.

The Best Books Come From Someplace Deep Inside.... Become Emotionally Involved. If You Don't Care About Your Characters, Your Readers Won't Either.