It's amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing.

- Scott Westerfeld, Peeps

Do you love him?"Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. "He makes me feel like that. Like flying.

- Scott Westerfeld, Goliath

Now,young lady,I suppose you're here for a work assignment."Work?" Tally said.They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter.

- Scott Westerfeld, Uglies

I'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

I love my virginity to the apocalypse.

- Scott Westerfeld

I'm a girl."When Deryn opened her eyes, the lady boffin was staring at her with no change of expression. "Indeed," she

- Scott Westerfeld, Goliath

The 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

What if destiny doesn't care?

- Scott Westerfeld, Goliath

As Melissa got closer, the taste of school began to foul her mouth.

- Scott Westerfeld, The Secret Hour

I 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