I labored for eight years thinking that I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher informed me I'd written a children's book.

... no matter how nice you are to some people, they'll turn their back on you the second they get the chance.

Because it's our choices that makes us who we are.

I think if everyone would write down the funny stories from their own childhoods, the world would be a better place.

You can't expect everyone to have the same dedication as you.

I'm probably something like 95% chicken nugget

See, when you're a little kid, nobody ever warns you that you've got an expiration date. One day you're hot stuff and the next day you're a dirt sandwich.

So I've started wearing sweatpants to bed because I really don't need Santa seeing me in my underwear.

I'm having a seriously hard time getting used to the fact that summer is over and I have to get out of bed every morning to go to school.

Well, the problem is, it's not easy for me to think of ways to improve myself, because I'm pretty much one of the best people I know.

I don't know what a guy needs to do to impress a girl these days.

A societal revolution is politically organic in nature. It can't be engineered. It has to be evolved.

Be not a slave of words.

The No. 1 thing the people I have spent time with in my life have done for fun is playing music.

Hip-hop is a competition culture. It's based around, "My DJ is better than you. My graffiti artist is better than you."

It takes me a while to come out of myself and get to know people.

What I like about film is it explores imperfections.

Flirting is a promise of sexual intercourse without a guarantee.

I came to this earth so that I could find my way back to my Beloved.

Words are everything to me. Words can build you up and feel so good. On the flip side, words can absolutely demolish you.

And so I fell devoutly asleep and slept a long time, because young people seem to need sleep more than the old, who have already slept so much and are preparing to sleep for all eternity.