Veronica Roth

“I think it's also just like an anxiety disorder problem, right? Um you're just really hard on yourself like if you have anxiety or maybe that's what causes the anxiety. Hard to say. But I think what surprised me is that I felt more inclined to be kind to my past self and appreciate what she did well.”

“I haven't uh read the like additional books in the series because honestly, those books are like they're hard, like emotionally difficult. So, um I'm always like, 'Okay, well, when I'm ready.' And I just feel like there's really never a time that you feel ready for like teens murdering each other.”

“So, you can't go in there and like try to be uh this like I don't know mad scientist about it like and make it the perfect book somehow. You have to let it breathe and be as flawed as the original work.”