Whenever I have even a spare second, I'm in the kitchen whipping up a batch of cookies. I make a mean batch of chocolate chippers.

It's nice to just be a kid and hang out with your friends at lunch.

Be patient. Be confident in yourself. Anything can happen if you really work at it. Never give up. It‘s corny, but never give up.

You have to grow thick skin and that only comes with time and learning.

I never imagined myself doing this. Doors opened for me and I ran for it.

MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.

Girls are stronger in numbers. So yes, I believe girls should stick together whenever possible.

If you believe in yourself and feel confident in yourself, you can do anything. I really believe that.

I want to encourage more young women to get involved in coding, because it's important for them to be able to help shape the future, and coding is the future.

I think that taking ballet is one of the best things a girl can do. Period.

I have a notebook that is filled to the brim with my dreams and ideas and goals and aspirations.

Knowledge is a sage’s best friend

The Pharisees had an ethic of avoidance, and Jesus had an ethic of involvement.

His energy is very malevolent. Don't get sick or I'll start asking you if the baby is all right in front of him.

There's no such thing as forever.

Guns don't kill people, people kill people.

Of course, I had a paradigm of a certain city in my head when I wrote these stories, a city that inspired my imagination, but it was only inspiration.

And the simple people are trash. A herd of sheep that are good for shearing, but sometimes it's more profitable to slaughter them.

If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with men. Why not write about it truthfully?

You must get rid of the thought of competition. You are to create, not to compete for what is already created.

No matter what I do with my life, or how successful I am, I will always be a socially awkward penguin inside.