"I think you've got to have that thread of insanity in you to enjoy the fruits of the imagination. I really do think bookworms are in a league of their own, and authors are in a league of their own. That's what makes it such a fun community to hang out in.”

— Pepper Winters

"When I’m stuck, I have to just get away from the computer. Staring at the screen does nothing for me…”

— Melanie Harlow

"I've always just been that person who has these wild thoughts. So I like that instead of torturing my friends, I can just put them into stories.”

— Meghan Quinn

"I never know from day to day what I'm going to write or what's going to happen...I don't even know what's going to be in the next paragraph until I write it.”

— Chelle Bliss

"That to me is what writing is about—trying to capture those feelings that we all feel, and bring them into words that maybe others couldn't before.”

— Kandi Steiner

"We’re all human, and we all share a common human experience that we can all relate to on a certain level...We need to start meeting each other at that level and working together to believe in making things better.”

— Alyson Santos

"I feel like I don't have a choice of what my characters do in my books—ever.”

— Anna Todd

"I always like to say, 'If the reader is surprised by something, it’s because I was surprised by it too.'”

— Monica Murphy

"You have to close off the outside noise if you want to grow, and you have to find your own arena to fight in. Nothing works the same for everyone…There’s no one way to be successful in this career.”

— Brittainy Cherry

"It’s about longevity for me—this is what I want to keep doing.

There are so many things you can’t control about being an author, so you just have to keep writing. And that’s what I’ve been doing, and I’m lucky that I can continue to do that.”

— Tracey Garvis-Graves