Everything bad that could happen to a teenage boy, which is what he was at the time, happened to him,

If only these walls could talk…the world would know just how hard it is to tell the truth in a story in which everyone’s a liar.

So many people see this as a love story and want to see them together. I do want to remind people that he was 12 and 13 years old when this thing happened, and his life has been profoundly impacted by what she did.

So many people see this as a love story and want to see them together, ... I do want to remind people that he was 12 and 13 years old when this thing happened, and his life has been profoundly impacted by what she did.

I urge you to spend the time to listen to the voice inside of you. I see teenage girls as being the primary fuel of this planet.

[For a time, Drew Barrymore and Christina Applegate , now too old to play the teenage Miss Pamela, were mentioned as possible stars of a film version.] I think Anna Paquin could do it, ... I think Evan Rachel Wood could do it.