I created 'Rookie' because I read a lot of websites that I thought were cool and interesting, but they weren't for teens, and I wanted us to have something that could be ours.

You don’t need to be a completely complete human right now … That’s what makes you human.

I think that everybody wants to be heard, and the easiest way to be the loudest is to be the hater.

You don’t have to be special, you just have to be kind.

Feminism was not a rulebook but a discussion, a conversation, a process...

Women are complicated...not because women are crazy, but because people are crazy, and women happen to be people.

What makes a strong female character is a character who has weaknesses, who has flaws, who is maybe not immediately likable, but eventually relatable.

Fashion intersects a lot with art and film and music, and that was appealing to me. I read a bunch of fashion blogs and wanted to be part of the community.

Feminism to me means fighting. It's a very nuanced, complex thing, but at the very core of it I'm a feminist because I don't think being a girl limits me in any way.

If you are intimidated by the artists who came before you, understand you too have a place, right next to them.

One thing that I always liked about fashion was that it was tied in with music and art and film.

Would it surprise you to hear that man's unhappiness is due in large measure to the way he is seeking after happiness?

People will always try to scare you into things. Scare you away from things. Scare you into not wanting things you can't help wanting. You can't be afraid.

I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I'll be sending messages on a Ouija board, cryptic complaints from the other side

Life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie.

There is no fire like passion: there is no evil and hatred.

At the age of thirty-five, I have just begun to become the kind of person who could understand the kind of book I would want to write.

I've written good love songs when I have been in love and I've written good love songs when I haven't.

To protect women in times of war, we must first make sure women receive equal rights in times of peace.

Inside that quietude there was the firmest of wills. [Bill Shawn] knew exactly what he wanted to do.

I don't think of myself as making art. I do what I do because I want to, because painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself.