“I like my first lines short and declarative. No complicated sentences. Of course, that's not really a Scott thing. It's pretty classic grab-the-reader technique.”

“Make a list of all the varieties of aliens you can come up with. (And if it's less than 3,000, then THE PEARS ARE LAUGHING AT YOU, MY FRIEND.)" -Scott Westerfeld from NaNoWriMo Pep Talk.”

“And it was pretty clear that no prince was showing up, or at least that he was really late.”

“What about a hoverboard?""It's waiting on the roof, of course." Dr. Cable snorted. "What is it about you miscreants and those things?”

“At least one thing was consistent about her life: It just kept on getting more complicated.”

“It's just been a long week, that's all.""It's monday night, Jess.""My point exactly.”

“And you know, these things don't last forever.'I know, Mandy. Nothing does.'That's the spirit.”