Jeff Giles Quotes
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Some actors occasionally waive their outlandish salaries and take a cut of the gross instead.
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There are all kinds of voices in YA, and they are realistic and unflinching.
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Any time a young adult book throws a girl and a guy together, the clock starts running on the countdown to the kiss.
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I like beautiful writing, pain, unexpected humor, and the message that, at the last second, people are going to be kind to each other. It almost doesn't matter what the genre is.
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'White Teeth' has far too many characters, and its plot is tortured. But Smith has an astonishing intellect. She writes sharp dialogue for every age and race - and she's funny as hell.
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It's been said that Generation X should get a life. Well, in 'Bottle Rocket,' they get a life of crime. Or at least try.
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It is amazing how quickly a true talent can announce itself. In the case of Myla Goldberg, it is not even a matter of pages, but of sentences.
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'Bottle Rocket' is an underdog.