01UndatedDeryn put her own arms around herself, but it didn't feel the same."Barking spiders," she muttered softly,Scott Westerfeld / quote ↗
03UndatedThe lie took form as she spoke, pulling on as many strands of truth as it could reach.Scott Westerfeld / quote ↗
05UndatedWeird, even for one of us. Or maybe she's worse.""Worse how?""Normal.Scott Westerfeld / quote ↗
06UndatedI'm a girl."When Deryn opened her eyes, the lady boffin was staring at her with no change of expression. "Indeed," sheScott Westerfeld / quote ↗
07UndatedMaybe they’re not as mindless as we thought, or so dedicated to turning every last human into one of them. Like Kalyn says, they were just bored, waiting for something better to happen.And that better thing is us.Scott Westerfeld / quote ↗
09UndatedGod, you mean I lost my virginity to the apocalypse?"Morgan sighed again. "The whole thing was really embarrassing; my parents sent me to Brooklyn when they found out." She shrugged. "I thought I’d be safe in a gay bar, okay? What were you doing in there anyway?"Lace looked at me sidelong. "You were where?"I took a sip of beer, swallowed it. "I, uh, hadn’t been in the city...very long. I didn’t know.Scott Westerfeld / quote ↗
10UndatedI've learned a lot about stage-managing for illustration. Sometimes you have to delete characters from a scene just to keep from overcrowding the image. I've also learned to making big-scale design decisions early.Scott Westerfeld / quote ↗
11UndatedI wouldn't say design has become strictly functional. A lot of cars these days look downright comic book to me, and the info-gadgets with which late industrial people spend the most time - phones, music players, etc. - are blobjects.Scott Westerfeld / quote ↗
12UndatedThe difference between being a part-time writer and a full-time writer is like the difference between dating someone and living with them. Some of the romance is gone, but you learn things you'd never know just by dating.Scott Westerfeld / quote ↗
