I felt all the things that other teenagers felt. I was insecure in lots of ways, over-confident in others. I was very emotional. Excitable.

I've done kissing scenes with people who have been loaded. I'd think, 'Do you actually have to drink that Jack Daniels to kiss me?'

Books have always been really important to me; they're my saving grace.

To preach abstinence, I think, is absolutely not the right message to give to kids.

I feel like women very often do write differently than men, but women write things that men can't write.

All of the advice that I give, I'm not an expert by any means, but it's just my opinion. So if somebody likes me or likes y style or my career, I think they should have that feeling.

When I was a little kid I thought I would grow up to be black and sing jazz in nightclubs.