Kristin Cast

“I was really the first-line editor of the 'House of Night' series. I didn't write that much of the story, and I didn't know what was happening until my mom finished the book and sent it to me because I wanted to read it with fresh eyes as a general reader would.”

“Pain was good. If I hurt, it meant I wasn't dead.”

“I am unique, a sheep, intimidating, scared, powerful, beautiful, flawed, and perfect in the same moment.”

“As boring as it sounds, I don't feel any different than I did before the 'House of Night.'”

“No one wants to be the kid who allies with the weird kid.”

“I don’t want any of this. I just want to be what I was before you showed up here and all hell broke loose. I want to be popular and dating the hottest guy in school. Now I’m none of those things, and I’m a human who has scary visions and don’t know what to do about any of it.”

“No one in high school wants to be put under the spotlight. You don't want to be that person who stands up for the other people because then the people who are going after those people are gonna come after you.”

“We all have bad things inside us, and we all choose either to give in to those bad things or to fight them.”

“I am expected to be glamorous and untouchable. Like success would make me spoiled and entitled. However, I am just a normal dog-owning, horse-riding, meat-eating Oklahoman.”

“I don't watch 'Glee,' not that I have anything against it. Whenever I miss the first few episodes, I won't watch the series.”

“Life isn't a book. There's no guarantee of a happy ending.”

“It's a little hard not to worry when my best friend keeps on dying.”

“Oh my God, I used to get heartburn and all sorts of indigestion and stuff because I didn't feel well. And you know, I sit a lot because I write, and I gained a whole bunch of weight. My vanity just got to me, and I was like, 'I've got to do something!'”

“I think 'House of Night' blew up the way it did because it offered so many people a fantasy that they can be... vampires are very alluring.”

“Choose battles that you can win without losing your heart and your soul.”

“I've gained fans, fame, fortune, but I don't feel different. Am I supposed to?”

“I'm learning a lot, and I'm trying to make it so that every time I write, it's better than the last time I've written.”