Quotes by Meg Cabot

This is how many people become artists, musicians, writers, computer programmers, record-holding athletes, scientists... by spending time alone practicing what they love.

— Meg Cabot

Love

Pretty isn't the only thing that matters - being smart and kind matters more, of course - but all daughters should hear from their moms that they look pretty once in a while.

— Meg Cabot

Wisdom

Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.

— Meg Cabot

Wisdom

There's nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne.

— Meg Cabot

Wisdom

I actually love writing for teens best. I had such an awful time in my own teen years - I love having the chance to relive them through my fiction.

— Meg Cabot

Love

My family, they're story tellers. My mom is Irish, and my dad is Italian. In my family, we weren't allowed to watch TV while we ate - we had to sit around the table and tell stories about our day.

— Meg Cabot

Wisdom

When you feel like an outsider - for whatever reason - you spend a lot of time alone.

— Meg Cabot

Wisdom

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.

— Meg Cabot

Wisdom

Writing used to be my hobby, but now that it's my job, I have no hobby - except watching TV and laying around the pool reading 'U.S. Weekly.' I have tried many hobbies, such as knitting, Pilates, ballet, yoga, and guitar, but none of them have taken.

— Meg Cabot

Wisdom

I really wanted to be veterinarian, but I got a 410 on my math SATs.

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Wisdom

One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need it, like I did.

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Wisdom

For each book, I do end up making a kind of playlist to fit the characters.

— Meg Cabot

Wisdom

I was too lazy to start a whole new story, so I just stuck a princess into the story I was working on... and The Princess Diaries was born!

— Meg Cabot

Success

I wish I had taken Spanish instead of French in high school. I could eavesdrop on a lot more conversations on the subway if I knew Spanish.

— Meg Cabot

Wisdom

My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers!

— Meg Cabot

Education

Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it's just you, with input from your editor.

— Meg Cabot

Success

Growing up, I mostly read comic books and sci-fi. Then I discovered the book 'Jane Eyre' by Jane Austen. It introduced me to the world of romance, which I have since never left. Also, the world of the first-person narrative.

— Meg Cabot

Love

One of the reasons that I think I do love to write is because I did have a difficult childhood and not so great teenage years. It always helped me escape from my problems.

— Meg Cabot

Love

I like to think of my books and the movies of my books living in two separate universes. Each is very nice, but only one is correct - the book. But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the other versions, and I always do.

— Meg Cabot

Happiness

I really liked drama and being in plays, so when I was playing a character onstage and I could act like somebody else, then I wasn't scared or nervous, but I didn't like meeting new people when I had to be myself. That was scary.

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Wisdom

I think you get so wrapped up in the book you're currently writing, it's hard to think about anything else. But I know as soon as I'm done with this book, I'll move on to something else.

— Meg Cabot

Wisdom

When I was a kid, I had a couple of really good friends, like some really good best friends, but I was really shy other than that.

— Meg Cabot

Friendship

Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.

— Meg Cabot

Wisdom

I don't give books as gifts. Books are extremely personal, and I would hate to give someone a book that they don't like or want, because it would break my heart if they didn't read it.

— Meg Cabot

Love