I think you can be mature without being grown-up. You can also be grown-up without being mentally mature. One of them is forced, while the other one is your choice.

I never felt terribly comfortable in the public eye.

In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.

I write in bed, too. I find it very comforting. I want to sort of, like, crawl in a fetal position if I have to.

I've always been the bookish type, and I've never really hidden that about myself.

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 have a very independent spirit.