I see how 14-year old girls react to me and I think I'm a good role model. Rockstar maybe not, but I'm willing to play with it for a little while, until my hair gets gray.

[When] you're a writer, you know that a lot of times you have to sneak up on yourself in order to achieve what you want to achieve, and sometimes you don't even know what it is until you've done it.

It's very hard to separate what is a conscious decision and what's not.

[When I happen to] read interviews where people are such pros and they come out looking so good, [it comes off as] a little smug or something.

I see how 14-year old girls react to me and I think I'm a good role model. Rockstar maybe not, but I'm willing to play with it for a little while, until my hair gets gray.

There are lots of people in the world whose existence doesn't revolve around American culture.

You don't want to be conscious of everything.