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.

My grades in high school were not very good. I was that kind of perfectionist that figured if you can't do it perfectly, why do it at all?

I remember my friends and I looking forward to puberty because it seemed exciting at first.

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.

It's easier to see children as mini adults than it is to imagine or to remember what it is to be a child again.

I get a lot of "Shut up, Matilda." I probably get as many "Shut up, Matildas" as Wil Wheaton gets "Shut up, Wesleys." That was an actual line on his show, though.

I had so many adults around me reminding me that I was a kid. I also had a lot of adults saying things to me like, "When I was your age..." and sort of idealizing it. I didn't like that they idealized it.