In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.

My family joke that I'm really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.

I would say that kids are great in many ways, because I think that we are less hampered when it comes to 'this costs too much' or 'that's impossible.'

Since the age of four, I've been exploring what I can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.

Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.

Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.

To show that you truly care, you listen.