You really can't prepare for anything in life. The second you know what's going to happen, there's always a curve ball, so I'm just chillin', cruising along for the ride.

Everyone today is like, 'Shailene, you're getting so much buzz. How does the feel?' It's the most odd question because it's like asking a kid who got into Cornell how it feels to be the top of your class at one of the Ivy League schools. How do you answer that? You just go, 'I don't know.

I'm a pretty romantic person, I love little notes.

Alcohol is a big part of high school. I went through my little phase. I don't know one high schooler that doesn't.

I fall in love with human beings based on who they are, not based on what they do or what sex they are.

It's hard to talk about politics in a Hollywood world.

When it comes to sexuality, sensuality, self-representation, self-nurturance - America fails in those departments.