Francine Pascal quotes

I always had a fascination with twins. (Francine Pascal)

I get some of my ideas from watching my three daughters, but most of them come from my own memories of growing up. I can remember how romantic I was, not just about love, but romance in the classic sense - the romantic ideals: of honor and truth, of loyalty, sacrifice and fairness. Those were the elements that made a story satisfying to me.

Francine Pascal

When I first thought of the idea for 'Sweet Valley High,' I loved the idea of high school as microcosm of the real world. And what I really liked was how it moved things on from 'Sleeping Beauty'-esque romance novels where the girl had to wait for the hero. This would be girl-driven, very different, I decided - and indeed it is.

Francine Pascal

No matter when you were born or where, puberty is the same. It's the same for your parents as it is for you - what's happening in your body dictates everything.

Francine Pascal

I always loved reading. Growing up, my favorite book was 'A Child's Garden of Verses,' by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Francine Pascal

The human heart was undeniably the stupidest organ in the body.

Francine Pascal

Life's one great lesson was: Do not care. Not caring was a person's real protection.

Francine Pascal

I don't do rewrites. I put all the pages in a pile next to the typewriter.

Francine Pascal

He slowed down a bit more. "Gaia, how do you know these things?" She shrugged. "I'm smart." "And modest, too." "Modesty is a waste of time," she pronounced. "I'll keep that in mind.

Francine Pascal

Since I was a small child, I was always writing either poems or plays... plays in which I had the starring part.

Francine Pascal

The same way that some people can play the piano, I can do plots! They just come! (Francine Pascal)

I am seventeen. The good things about seventeen is that you're not sixteen. Sixteen goes with the word sweet, and I am so far from sweet.

Francine Pascal

It's so trendy, almost bleeding to death. All the cool girls are doing it.

Francine Pascal

When I first heard the word existential, I didn't know what it meant. But then I found out that no one knows what it means, so now I use it all the time.

Francine Pascal

I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.

Francine Pascal