I was strong enough not to let them get the best of me, but I'm definitely one who has taken what people say to heart and let it eat away at me.

In real life, one of my friends was killed in a car accident during our sophomore year.

If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yourself.

Part of growing up is just taking what you learn from that and moving on and not taking it to heart.

Music is so powerful to me. I had my IPod and headphones, and my sad playlist. I kind of ventured off for just a little bit to get into the scene.

I think the hardest part about being a teenager is dealing with other teenagers - the criticism and the ridicule, the gossip and rumors.

Mostly, nothing's really changed. I'm still the dorky nerd that I always was.

My best friend and I love to make fish faces.

Nowadays, I could not care less about making other people like me. I'm a good person, I don't need to do that anymore.

I think it's so important to keep learning and keep your brain active.

I started working on a line of clothes last year, but right now we're kind of at a standstill.

Night falls over Machu Picchu to the sound of Abba's 'Dancing Queen'.

We have history as a guide, and history suggests that this brand of comprehensive reform ... is a recipe for failure.

Confidence is the most important quality in all athlete-coach relationships.

Wealth, like a tree, grows from a tiny seed.

Pure logic could never lead us to anything but tautologies; it can create nothing new; not from it alone can any science issue.

I was in art school since I was five years old. I've always been to art school.

Compassion is the litmus test and culminating touchstone of a spirituality of Earth.

The balanced life is a goal, but for us it is mostly a myth.

I'm as serious as a heart attack.

God, why didn't you make Woman first - when you were fresh?