I was very tiny...I spent most of my time stuffed into lockers. Thank god for cell phones, or I'd still be there.

A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.

I love thinking that there is magic in the world, that there are people in the world with amazing abilities that we just don't know about.

A voice that was never wanted has become a voice for so many people who don’t have one.

I’m not really afraid to be my awkward self, and I know there’s lots and lots of other people just like me out there that are awkward themselves. And I think they just appreciate that I’m not afraid to say the weird things that I say and tweet the obnoxious things that I tweet. But I’ve tried being other people and myself suits me the best. I think you just be honest. I think people respond to honesty.

Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better

I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life.