I was very aware of being younger than everybody on set.

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].

It is annoying when people call me Matilda instead of my name when they actually know my name, because you know, we are two different people. But what can you do?

If you can affect someone when they're young, you are in their heart forever.

If I were really really ridiculously wealthy, I wouldn’t buy a mansion, just tiny apartments in every city I love.

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 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.