It wasn't worth sifting through such excessive b.s., ... I tried to fit in and put on makeup and pretty dresses, but I always felt like a weirdo.

There is a point in every young person's life when you realize that the youth that you've progressed through and graduate to some sort of adulthood is equally as messed up as where you're going.

A lot of the powerful religious leaders, from Jesus to Buddha to Tibetan monks, they're really talking about the same things: love and acceptable, and the value of friendship, and respecting yourself so you can respect others.

Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.

It's very easy to make certain decisions that affect your life that you have no perspective on.

I used to want to be a children's writer, because I would have all these great ideas when I was little, and I'd write them and draw them, and turn them into class.