"I am not a science fiction writer. I am a fantasy writer. But the label got put on me and stuck."

“I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen”

“If you truly want to become a better you, it is imperative that you learn to feel good about yourself.”

Source : Joel Osteen (2012). “It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set”, p.87, Simon and Schuster

“The truth's not pretty of course. No one likes to look it in the face.”

“If you shut your eyes and are a lucky one, you may see at times a shapeless pool of lovely pale colours suspended in the darkness; then if you squeeze your eyes tighter, the pool begins to take shape, and the colours become so vivid that with another squeeze they must go on fire.”

“I just used to have a really normal life, working in an office.”

Source : "Oceans apart". Interview with Ed Douglas, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2007.

“I want a simple, ordinary life . . . like humans enjoy.”

“But part of surviving is being able to move on.”

Source : Alexandra Bracken (2016). “The Darkest Minds”, p.78, Hachette UK

“I've always tried to come up with funny dancing since I was young, to attract girls' attention for one thing. It's got to be funny. I can't pull it off with serious dances. That's not me.”