Scott Westerfeld
Scott Westerfeld
Scott David Westerfeldis an American writer of young adult fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth5 May 1963
CityDallas, TX
CountryUnited States of America
love
We don't always get to choose what we love.
love letting-go distance
Haven't you ever known someone rejected by a lover, who, consumed by rage and jealousy, never lets go? They look on from a distance, unseen but boiling inside. The emotion never seems to tire, this hatred mixed with intense obsession, even with a kind of twisted love.
falling-in-love cities helping
You and David could both be right. Maybe human beings are programmed … to help one another, even to fall in love. But just because it's human nature doesn't make it bad, Tally. Besides, we had a whole city of pretties to choose from, and we chose each other."-Zane
lying i-love-him voice
It's not the way Zane looks, David," she said, her voice trembling with anger. "It's because he makes me bubbly, and because we took a lot of risks together. It could just as easily be me lying there, and he would stay with me if it was." "It's just programming!" "No. It's because I love him.
love beauty beautiful
Nature didn't need an operation to be beautiful. It just was.
love-you bye world
I love you all. But it's time to say good-bye, for now. be careful with the world, or the next time we meet, it might get ugly. -Tally Youngblood
sometimes what-you-love
Sometimes you can’t choose what you love.
love heart hatred
The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.
i-love-him programming
It's just programming" "No. It's because I love him
stickers
Warning stickers on books would be a nightmare.
mostly narrative ninety people percent smart stuff talking until
Ninety percent of the research comes first. I mostly blunder around reading stuff and talking to smart people until an idea batters or oozes its way through to my narrative brain.
becomes common enters term
When the term 'machine gun' enters common parlance, the word 'machine' becomes much more sinister.
chapters pictures wrote
When I finish a first draft, I often look back at first chapters I wrote and laugh at them. They're like pictures of yourself in middle school. You're embarrassed to see them.
best creates listed people saying
I think any List of Best X creates arguments and people saying 'You listed that rubbish?' That's what lists like this are for.