A biography for Marie Luhasn’t been written yet.
“She's pretty in a way that distracts me just like she did in the Skiz ring. No, pretty's not the right word. Beautiful.”
“In general, I write for ages 12 and up - although I've received emails from readers between the ages of seven and seventy. My books are science fiction.”
“I write the story as it comes to me - YA is my natural voice, not a conscious choice.”
“After she was gone, I sheathed her sword at my belt, draped her cloak over my shoulders, carried her heart in my arms, and, somehow, went on.”
“He was the last thread suspending me in the light. Without him, I can feel myself spiraling downward, falling to a place where I can no longer pull myself back up.”
“A lot of the moments and experiences in 'Warcross' were inspired by specific moments that I remember as an intern working at Disney or having fun with my coworkers. A lot of it is very anecdotal.”
“The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces.”
“Writing the first draft of a new story is incredibly difficult for me. I will happily do revisions, because once I can see the words on the page, I can go about ripping them up and moving scenes around. A blank page, though? Terrifying. I'm always angsty when I'm working my way through a first draft.”
“Tell me there is still good in the world. Tell me there is still hope for all of us.”
“If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.”
“I have spent my entire life thinking of the Inquisitors as things, soulless creatures. But they are just men. Men can be swayed, and I have the power to do it.”
“Maybe his nightmare had been about me.”
“Growing up, I didn't know any writers and felt somewhat isolated.”
“Make no mistake—we don’t trust each other, not by any stretch of the imagination.”
“You cannot harden your heart to the future just because of your past. You cannot use cruelty against yourself to justify cruelty to others.”
“Don’t be afraid,” he says with a half smile. “You’re with me.” His hand tightens around my wrist, tugging me down again playfully. And this time, I feel safe enough to take a deep breath of my own and do as he says.”
“The darkness seeps in a little more every day. What have I done? How can I be like this?”
“A really fun fan moment was when a fan gave me a copy of 'Legend' that he had turned into a functional clock!”
“Boys are different from girls, but boys are also different from other boys, just as girls are different from other girls. Calling a book 'for boys' or 'for girls' is well-meaning, but to me, not terribly helpful.”
“My very first system was the Sega Genesis back when I was 7 or 8 years old. I played that into the ground. Like, my parents had to confiscate it and put it in attic, the whole thing.”