The human race is like a bird and it needs both wings to be able to fly. And, at the moment, one of is wings is clipped an we're never going to be able to fly as high.

Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone else pretends to love.

If I had it my way, I would have just kept it short forever. Of course, men like long hair. There's no two ways about it. The majority of the boys around me were like, 'Why did you do that? That's such an error.' And I was like, 'Well, honestly, I don't really care what you think!' I've never felt so confident as I did with short hair - I felt really good in my own skin.

I'm not going to school just for the academics - I wanted to share ideas, to be around people who are passionate about learning.

Why has the word become such an uncomfortable one?

Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it's a process. It's often not cool to be the person who puts themselves out there.

While I wouldn't object to work at a restaurant or a different place that sells decent-or-better food, I think that I can learn much more by becoming a coder.