"I realized I didn’t want to just survive the crushing weight placed on me anymore."

I think I tend to focus way more on my characters because it has been hammered into me that characters are the story.

It’s okay to fall. It’s okay to stay down for a while. But you gotta get back up and try again.

The outlining process can take a lot of time, but I find that most of the time it does help out a lot when you actually start writing.

Remember that in order to reach our goals we must access rational thought. We must have common sense.

I hope they understand that they’re never tied to any version of themselves except their present selves.

You’ll never know how much fun they’ve held you back from until you finally let them go.

It can be tough to reinvent your routines. But if you're willing to try something new, it can yield great results.

But remember, the ultimate key does not lie in summer itself, but rather in you.

We’re all begging to be our authentic selves 100% of the time; we just usually shove that feeling down in order to “pay the bills.”