I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately.

I don't have control over how people choose to perceive me. The only thing I have control over is my writing.

We are the most brutal with the people we love the most.

I think that it is real important for someone to be really honest and open emotionally. I'm really an emotional person. If I'm that way and the guy isn't that way I just really feel like a jerk.

Did you work for the money to buy those earrings? Or did your Daddy buy those for you?

Usually the kids are portrayed as very one-dimensional. Like these mindless animals that just have three things on their minds: getting laid, getting drunk, and driving real fast over Mulholland Drive.

I never really felt like I belonged in California.