Sincerity seems to be a problem today. I'd rather be true and hated than be false and fool people.

I grew up in a happy household.

Something happened to me and I became really successful at something at a young age, and that stunts you in every other aspect of your life because you feel like that's what you're good at and so that's what you need to stay in.

What I did suffer when I was young was because I was sort of a hick coming into New York City. I was made fun of by a lot of the Factory people. Even Andy Warhol thought I was a hick.

I do not approach my life tactfully at all, i'm incredibly impulsive and I am definitely an intense weirdo. I love living and I love people. They trip me out and I want to know more about them all the time. That isn't something I can turn off and on.

You can make a movie that's more focused on the jokes, but Young Adult was not that kind of movie.

I just want the fans of the book to be happy. I don't necessarily care about anyone else.