I have so many different role models who have taught me so many different things at so many different points in my life, it doesn't feel like I have one person that I have to live up to.

Teenagers have a legitimate voice. We deserve to have a seat at the table and a place in the conversation. We're not exempt from politics and social movements; we're affected by them.

I think just all girls are my mentors. I feel like I've learned everything I know from just being around other women and learning from them.

In my work, I'm passionate about trying different things and being okay if I mess up. Now I'm trying to bring that into my own life.

People used to always talk down to me, like, "Oh, you're so young," but now I recognize that my age is an advantage; there's a lot more I can do.

It was nice to be reminded of how much hard work goes into movies, and how as a director, it's your job to acknowledge and channel that hard work. She's amazing at that.

I understand Twitter much more than I understand Tumblr.

I started acting when I was 5, and it was always a part of my life. My life and acting weren't separate things; they were always one.

I think the most powerful thing a woman can have is confidence.

Yes, we need to pray for Orlando/Britain/this election/the World, but we also need to act upon it and band together to oppose Evil.

There was this about vampires : they could never look scruffy. Instead, they were... what was the word... deshabille. It meant untidy, but with bags and bags of style.

Majority of people prefer a good name to a bad name, but to me, anyone can call me anything, as long as it is not written on my face.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes but in liking what one does.

One sad thing about this world is that the acts that take the most out of you are usually the ones that people will never know about. (from 'Celestial Navigation')

When you're a kid, somebody's mid-forties, you think they're an old man. Then you grow up and it's like, I was a kid.

I am really not interested in the cinema. I loathed it when I started six years ago, and I don't enjoy it even now.

If there's a strong melodic thing somewhere, whether that's in a vocal or in a guitar part or a sample. Something that sticks in your brain, that seems to be something that works.

Even when I was a child, I always wanted to be older. I realised just in time that it's a mistake and to enjoy my youth while I had it.

A certain portion of mankind do not believe at all in the existence of the gods.

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.