I like beautiful writing, pain, unexpected humor, and the message that, at the last second, people are going to be kind to each other. It almost doesn't matter what the genre is.
Scott Bradfield writes weird, oblique, unsettling stuff.
In the annals of the rich and miserable, Christina Onassis stands out, if only because she was so rich and so miserable.
Any time a young adult book throws a girl and a guy together, the clock starts running on the countdown to the kiss.
In my work at 'Entertainment Weekly,' I had written reviews and news stories about YA books and film franchises and was always moved by how smart and voracious and loyal the readers were. Everything we did got lots of attention and reaction.
The YA category changes pretty fast. I'm so impressed by what these authors do.
There are all kinds of voices in YA, and they are realistic and unflinching.
I had written many things as a journalist, but I had no idea if I could write something scary or romantic or touching that wasn't me writing about someone else's life story. It was really exciting to try.
Because I'm a writer, I'm really good at being nervous.
In its more listless moments, 'Pharaoh's Army' seems a ramshackle collection of memories not overly concerned with telling a larger story.
Sharon Stone has made a fortune from her movies, so who says you can't get something for nothing?
It is amazing how quickly a true talent can announce itself. In the case of Myla Goldberg, it is not even a matter of pages, but of sentences.
Jean Thompson's short-story collection 'Who Do You Love' is a beautiful book, but a hell of a sad one.
Making a summer movie is like accepting a mission impossible: your enemies are everywhere, and if you fail, the studio's never heard of you.
