It's natural for a child to assume that his or her own childhood is unremarkable.

I recognize that on paper, you can't really tell that I'm a fan or a nerd.

I've stayed in houses that were in the country, and in England, but I'm still not sure that I've stayed in an English country house.

Some of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred.

Everybody wanted to be the hero of their own story. Nobody wanted to be comic relief.

The problem with growing up is that once you're grown up, the people who aren't grown up aren't fun anymore.

I think for a long time, I was paralyzed by some of my hopes and ideals for what my life was going to be like. I had this perfect vision of how my life should go, but it seemed - it was - impossible to realize, so I sat around for a long, long time doing almost nothing at all.