Quotes from Meg Cabot

There's nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne.

Usually writer's block arises when something is wrong internally with the story.

What is the appropriate reply to make to a man who says he loves you? Thank you. You are very kind.

I might look like a honey-eyed schoolgirl on the outside, in my skirt with its regulation four-inches-above-the-knee hem. But I'll rip those tassels off your shoes, old man. Just try Googling me.

I know. I seriously need to just give up men entirely. I wonder if Episcopalians can enter convents?

But I guess you would look beatific, too, if the man you had been in love with since the fifth grade had told you that he was in love with you, too.

if you give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, if you teach a man to fish he'll eat all the fish you may have caught for yourself

My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers!

Looks fade,' Mom would go on. 'But intelligence lasts forever.

Pretty isn't the only thing that matters - being smart and kind matters more, of course - but all daughters should hear from their moms that they look pretty once in a while.

The peace sign is with two fingers not one.

I mean it. Like, people always talk about how God doesn't ever give you more than you can handle, but I'm telling you right now, I cannot handle this. This is just too much!

oh my god, she said are you going to be reasonable about this?

When I was a kid, I had a couple of really good friends, like some really good best friends, but I was really shy other than that.

If you're writing a screenplay, you need to be prepared to let go: there's a good chance the words you write aren't going to be the ones that end up on screen.

And generally, when people say good night, they keep their tongues to themselves.

hope springs eternal, even in the heart of a fat girl.

What's a mediator you ask? Oh, a person who acts as a liason between the living and the dead. Hey, wait a minute...what're you doing with that strait jacket?-Suze Simon's imagination

No matter how nice the company one might be with, however, it is never pleasant to have a rifle pointed at one's back.

My family, they're story tellers. My mom is Irish, and my dad is Italian. In my family, we weren't allowed to watch TV while we ate - we had to sit around the table and tell stories about our day.

You want a happy romantic relationship? Don't ruin it by getting married.

"Everyone wants to believe that there's something else – something great – waiting for them on the other side. Paradise. Valhalla. Heaven. Their next – hopefully less horrible – life.

I think if I hadn't been a writer, I'd have been a teacher like my dad. He was a college professor, and one of my greatest regrets is that he passed away before I was able to prove to him that I wasn't going to be stuck working at Rax Roast Beef for the rest of my life!

To achieve self actualization, do good things for other people that you would want to be done onto yourself