And I love writing; I've been writing ever since I was seven.

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

If we could all just laugh at ourselves, in hard times or good times, it would be an incredible world.

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.

Belief is such a powerful thing - but because it is, it can also be very destructive and it's very easily manipulated.

Advice is such a tricky thing when you're young.

Some locations are so terrible, you can't even breathe, and you still have to act.

For a child actor, its a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared.

When I'm not working, I definitely I like waking up at noon.

In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.

A Christian high school is just like any other high school in the sense of the politics and all of these levels of who's cool and what to wear.

Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.

You can never, never, ever go wrong eating more fruit.

If you can quit, quit. If you can't quit, stop complaining - this is what you chose.

It is very difficult to motivate people to revolution when they are extremely comfortable and well off.

Remember trust is portable. Wherever you go, it follows you: good or bad.

That scent she threw off was not anything by Chanel. Unless they’d recently added a Tragedy line.

I used to skip breakfast, but eating gets my metabolism going, so I burn more calories all day.

We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they're badly read, too.

Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.