Being young is greatly overestimated. . . Any failure seems so total. Later on you realize you can have another go.
I'll be famous one day, but for now I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons. " - Greg Heffley.
. . . no matter how nice you are to some people, they'll turn their back on you the second they get the chance.
Because it's our choices that makes us who we are.
I think if everyone would write down the funny stories from their own childhoods, the world would be a better place.
You can't expect everyone to have the same dedication as you.
I labored for eight years thinking that I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher informed me I'd written a children's book.
The funny thing was, you see, that Mike Fink didn't think of himself as a murderer. He thought of life as a contest, and dying was what happened to those who came out second best, but it wasn't the same as murder, it was a fair fight.
You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.
Fine. Let Ranger get someone else. Trust me, you don't want to be out looking for a parking place on Sloane in the middle of the night. " I won't have to look for a parking place. Tank's picking me up. Your working with a guy name Tank? He's big. Jesus, Morelli said. I had to fall in love with a woman who works with a guy named Tank. You love me? Of course i love you. I just don't want to marry you.
My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.