Scott Westerfeld
Scott Westerfeld
Scott David Westerfeldis an American writer of young adult fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth5 May 1963
CityDallas, TX
CountryUnited States of America
monday night long
It's just been a long week, that's all." "It's monday night, Jess." "My point exactly.
drs policy
I make it a policy never to appear surprised" - Dr Barlow
singing praise horns
But they're already singing our praises!" "They are Americans. They toot their horns for anything.
tally-youngblood
I'm Tally Youngblood. Make me pretty." -Tally Youngblood
minutes five-minutes five
Listen, you bubblehead-up-until-five-minutes-ago...
brain damage despised
Which was worse: a friend with brain damage, or one who despised you?
lines firsts technique
I like my first lines short and declarative. No complicated sentences. Of course, that's not really a Scott thing. It's pretty classic grab-the-reader technique.
cities mind together
You all say you need us. Well, maybe you do, but not to help, with the millions of bubbly new minds about to be unleashed, with all the cities coming awake at last. Together, you're more than enough to change the world without us. So from now on, David and I are here to stand in your way. You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.
glasses milk roller-coaster
I spilled more times than a glass of milk on a roller coaster.
weed selfish orchids
She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking the life out of other plants, out of the soil itself, selfish and unstoppable. Tally Youngblood was a weed. And, unlike the orchids, she wasn't even a pretty one.
i-love-him programming
It's just programming" "No. It's because I love him
destroying resources left-alone
Left alone, human beings are a plague. They multiply relentlessly, consuming every resource, destroying everything they touch.
splitting
You're splitting?" "No sh*it, Sherlock.
enemy my-best-friend sometimes
I feel like sometimes my best friend is not my best friend but my mortal enemy