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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.

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Meg Cabot
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: February 1
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For each book, I do end up making a kind of playlist to fit the characters.
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I'm a liar. And I can't stop thinking about boys.
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anybody can be a princess. all you have todo is have the right parents. it's no harder than being born Paris Hilton, for God's sake. at least you remember to put on underwear in the morning, i'm assuming
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This was something you had to work through on you own, Jason said. Besides, I knew you'd do the right thing. Oh, right, I said. I wanted to throw something at him. I really did. And if I hadn't? Now Jason brandished something he'd been holding behind his back. It was a golf club. I figured Big Bertha here would drive them away, h
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Hey, Dopey said when I was finished reading. How come they never mentioned me? I'm the one who found the skeleton. Oh, yeah, Sleepy said in disgust. Your role was really crucial. After all, if it wasn't for you, the guy's skull might still have been intact.
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See? Anger can be healthy. When the time comes–and it will come–remember that. And what I said. Embrace your powers–love yourself the way Nature made you, and you will prevail. Always.
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I was the kind of kid who couldn't really stop making up stories during class. I didn't do very well academically because I was always drawing these little doodles in the margins of my notebooks and I wasn't bringing home the best grades.
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