I was never a prodigy. I was never a child genius.

I consider my relationship with acting in Hollywood as sort of a mutual breakup. Through puberty, Hollywood didn't really want me anymore, and I was like, 'Yeah, I don't really want you, either.'

People think I'm smarter than I am.

I thought children were pure and innocent, and that was inherently better.

I knew I didn't want to put anything down in writing about the first time that I had sex. I knew that I didn't want to do that.

I'm in my late 20s, and people are coming around to it again. I think they're realizing how much this stuff affects them. I think all the time about how much Judy Blume affected me, or Beverly Cleary. And I think that now some people are starting to come around and get more of an appreciation for [my stuff].

The thing is, with writing, it's form or content. You need to write about something interesting or you need to write about it in an interesting way.