Nature Compensates For Its Mistakes.

When I First Thought Of The Idea For 'sweet Valley High,' I Loved The Idea Of High School As Microcosm Of The Real World. And What I Really Liked Was How It Moved Things On From 'sleeping Beauty'-esque Romance Novels Where The Girl Had To Wait For The Hero. This Would Be Girl-driven, Very Different, I Decided - And Indeed It Is.

I Know You Think That When You're 35, 45, 55, You'll Be Different. But I'm Going To Let You In On A Bit Of A Secret. You're Going To Look Different, And Your Life Is Going To Be Different, But In Your Head You'll Always Be That 16-year-old Girl.

Life's One Great Lesson Was: Do Not Care. Not Caring Was A Person's Real Protection.

As Pathetic As It Was, She'd Rather Hold On To The Possibility Of Something Perfect Than Be Hit With The Reality Of Nothing Much.

I Don't Do Rewrites. I Put All The Pages In A Pile Next To The Typewriter.