Liberation is an interesting word, because you can be liberated from external things, and also from your internal dialogue.

So curiosity, I think, is a really important aspect of staying young or youthful.

When I realized this fear, this uncertainty, this potential of dying, I guess I needed something greater to hold onto than what we can see, touch, and smell-and that was the spiritual aspect of God, the nature of God and his relationship to humans.

At 11 years old I made a very definitive decision. And my decision was that I wanted to be happy.

I got a heart tattooed on my foot. It's my first tattoo.

I really think that to a lot of people hair is everything. Bad hair takes over everything, it really does. I think if somebody has bad hair it doesn't matter what else is happening.

You don't have to tell a child not to bully. You know, you talk at kids, they don't hear you, but when you give them a visceral experience, then they have something to remember.