People soften by the forced reflection that comes with loss.

I used to want to be a children's writer, because I would have all these great ideas when I was little, and I'd write them and draw them, and turn them into class.

There's so much more (to say) about being young and being a woman, but I feel like not a lot of those stories are being told, so you have to grab onto what ever small truths you can find and present it in the most honest way you can.

It's very easy to make certain decisions that affect your life that you have no perspective on.

There is a point in every young person's life when you realize that the youth that you've progressed through and graduate to some sort of adulthood is equally as messed up as where you're going.

In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.

Some locations are so terrible, you can't even breathe, and you still have to act.