All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy.
I feel extremely vulnerable.
I feel like I don't have a lot of time left.
I'm scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can't fall asleep.
You don't want to do something that's all terrifying.
Grown-ups are afraid for children. It's not children who are afraid.
Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly.
I hate those e-books. They cannot be the future. They may well be.
Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.
I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother.
Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong.
Kids are so shrewd.
We're supposed to do all these things which trouble us deeply because it's so against what we naturally would want to do.
Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know.
I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.
I am not a religious person, nor do I have any regrets.
I would infinitely prefer a daughter.
Things come to you without you necessarily knowing what they mean.
My being gay was something of not great interest to me.
Finding out that I was gay when I was older was a shock and a disappointment.
