Alex Flinn

“It hurts too much so I don't want to talk about it.”

“Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides is a useful talent.”

“I enjoy people who aren't afraid to say what they mean. It makes life so much easier!”

“I was a lawyer for about ten years. The law teaches one to see things from all different angles.”

“People make such a big deal about looks, but after a while, when you know someone, you don´t even notice anymore...”

“Something with inner beauty will live forever, like the scent of a rose.”

“The magic is over, but its effects will live forever.”

“The whole thing was like a divorce. When we divided everything up, Courtney got my dignity, and I got the heartache.”

“Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far from my mind.”

“It would be so great to have someone my own age to talk to, even if it was just about books.”

“You are ugly now, on the inside, where it matters most...you are beastly.”

“Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write the draft and a longer time to revise, while others were the opposite.”

“I love you, I thought. But I didn’t say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face. She was far too kind for that. My fear was a greater one— that she won’t say it back.”

“I wrote poetry, journals, and, especially, plays for the neighborhood kids to perform. I had an ordinary, happy childhood. Nothing much was going on, but I had fun.”

“I have a great deal of empathy for anyone who's having a hard time. I believe this ability to see another's viewpoint has served me well as a writer.”

“...if there´s a beast,maybe he´s just a regular guy with a sin conditon or something. Maybe he just needs some understanding. Maybe we judge people to much by their looks because it´s easier than seeing what´s really important.”

“Any experience that isn't fun is probably something I will at least use in my writing someday.”

“Beside me, Philippe and Meg hold hands. He murmurs something that sounds like, "my dear leetle mongoose." I wish he'd turn back into a frog and hop away.”

“He bursts into tears, and not some manlike tears either, where you pretend you're brushing something off your face and, incidentally, wipe a tear. Nope. He starts bawling like a kid who spilled his Slushie...”

“I was painfully shy, and I had tremendous difficulty making friends. So, lacking friends, I watched other people. Watching is something all writers must do, and it was in junior high that I learned to do it.”