As a teenager, I didn't read a ton of teen fiction, and now I feel like I wish that I had.
Everyone's got this hidden infinity that you only get glimpses of. They're always more complex than your conception of them will allow.
I liked art history. Also liked the gender ratio, especially compared to applied math and physics.
I never took creative writing.
I was in a lot of bands growing up.
I was trained in jazz, which I love.
I watched a ton of films growing up, but in a haphazard way. There was nothing scholarly or focused about it.
James Joyce actually is rewarding you in all of these incredible ways.
Writing is more important than being a writer.
You want a storybook kind of closure with someone when they die, but I think that kind of thing is impossible.
Young adults are honest readers. They won't stay with a book unless they have a reason, so it has to move along.
