Adapting a Judy Blume book is something I really wanted to do, and you couldn't grow up in the '90s without knowing about 'Tiger Eyes' and reading it. It should've been assigned to all teenage girls.

I didn't really grow up a comic book fanatic.

We teenage girls are faced with a quandary: we know what we want but are forced to wait for our male counterparts to grow up. We are ready for intense and meaningful relationships, but research indicates that males will not reach maturity until their mid-20s.

Jack Thorne writes so well for messed-up teenage girls.

I find teenage girls endlessly funny.

To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child.