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

To be famous is to stand on a pedestal and give the world permission to tell you all your flaws.

To Grandma: Once upon a time, there was a boy who flew.

I think I just want to leave my mark in some way. I hope I leave the world a better place than it was when I came, and I think the best way I can do that is through acting and writing, and hopefully it will make a difference someday.

No matter what you do, you can never please everyone. And that was the hardest lesson to learn. In fact, I'm still learning it.

Don’t listen to what people tell you because they’ll try to bring you down. And don’t listen to yourself, either, because yourself will try to bring you down even more so than anyone else. As long as you just put all your energy into one thing, it can happen.

Right now, we're living in an ugly chapter of our lives, but books always get better!