I decided that, if I were to write a teen series, Id want to set it in a place that was familiar to me – Manhattan, where Id grown up – and Id model the characters on myself and my friends. – Cecily von Ziegesar
I think growing up is difficult and its a process that Im always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes. – Alice Hoffman
The happiness of ones own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul one must try to include, as necessary to ones own happiness, the happiness of others. – Paramahansa Yogananda
A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. – William Penn
The thing people dont understand is that touring or travelling or whatever you do in my position means you go to all these cool places all over the world, but you see everything from a car window. You dont get to see much of the city or meet people at all. – Taylor Momsen
