I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasn't that way growing up.

You never know what's going to happen. My mother was an English teacher. If someone had told her that I was going to write a book, she would never have believed that. So you can never say never.

I planned on being an English teacher, but I don't know where that went.

I wanted to be an English teacher. I wanted to do it for the corduroy jackets with patches on the side.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

The trick is growing up without growing old.