I went to college at the University of Chicago, where I majored in psychology.
My favorite school subject was math, and my worst subject was either science or Spanish. I also acted in plays, competed in gymnastics meets and debate tournaments, babysat, and did an awful lot of schoolwork. The quintuplets were not princesses, but they did get invited to a royal ball.ĭuring middle school and high school, I wrote five unpublished YA novels. When I was seven, I wrote a longer story about quintuplets named Marissa, Larissa, Clarissa, Melissa, and Alyssa. I wrote and illustrated approximately one million picture books when I was in elementary school, all of them about unicorns or cats or princesses, or princess unicorns who were best friends with princess cats. The writing part turned out to be easiest to accomplish, since it turns out I can’t really carry a tune, though I can do a pretty compelling karaoke rendition of “Hey Mickey.” When I was little, I wanted to grow up to be a writer, actress, or singer. I was born in 1984, and I grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts, with my parents and our cat. Why would they deserve to have control over your life? Because they’re cool? Because they’re pretty? That’s completely illogical.” - Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life But hurting yourself is giving those people all the power, and they don’t deserve it. “Some people will mess with you, whenever they want, and for no reason except that they can. But getting revenge by living, and living well, was much, much sweeter.” - Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life “I had once thought that I wanted to get revenge by dying. “I don’t believe that anyone who is a legitimately interesting person can be popular as a teenager.” - Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life “Throughout it all, you are still, always, you: beautiful and bruised, known and unknowable.” - Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life “Popularity rewards the uninteresting.” - Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life But this usually says more about them and their issues than it does about you and your art.” - Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life “The thing about being an artist,” Dad said, folding his newspaper and setting it down on the table, “is that there are always going to be people who want to stop you from doing your art.
“I believe that a person’s taste in music tells you a lot about them.” - Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life
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