"My daughter's death will not be in vain! The young people of this country will not allow that to happen!"

“We need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.”

“I can assure you full immunity is not on the table. But your hand is.”

Source : "24: Live Another Day/ 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m". www.imdb.com. 2014.

“I believe that every life , irrespective of its events and setting, holds something of unique value, which it should be possible to communicate, if only one can first see one's experiences honestly and then set them down without too much dressing-up”

“Probably I, like a lot of people, became a writer in imitation of or in homage to the books I enjoyed. When you're so captivated by something, you think, could I do that? Hmm, let me try”

“I liked being a minor because you can't get into trouble. Now I just have to try and behave myself.”

“The story of Americans is the story of arrested metamorphoses. Those who achieve success come to a halt and accept themselves as they are. Those who fail become resigned and accept themselves as they are.”

“I want to be like Tom Cruise from 'The Outsiders' and go on and do amazing movies for a long time.”

“I do most of my business on that dirty Internet that you were just talking about, where I find there is a lot of freedom to report exactly what I want.”