Nature Compensates For Its Mistakes.

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.

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 Love 'sweet Valley,' But I Love It From A Different Angle. There Are People For Whom It Is Their Adolescence. They Own It, In A Way That Even I Don't. I've Come To Respect The Project More Because Of The Response Than I've Had. It's More Important Than I Realized It Was. I Didn't Understand The Breadth And Depth Of It. Now I'm Beginning To More.

I Am Seventeen. The Good Things About Seventeen Is That You’re Not Sixteen. Sixteen Goes With The Word Sweet, And I Am So Far From Sweet.

Ella Was Vapid And Worthless At Least Nine-tenths Of The Time, But When She Got Really Mad, Her Face Became Sharp And Purposeful. Almost Vicious. Like If Barbie Were Suddenly Possessed By Atilla The Hun.