We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough

Sometimes, I think Bill forgets that I am sixteen. But I am very happy that he does.

You ever think Charlie, that our group is the same as any other group like a football team? And the only real difference between us is what we wear and why we wear it?

Part of the reason I wrote the book was I wanted to understand for myself why such good people let themselves get treated so badly.

It's like he would take a photograph of Sam, and the photograph would be beautiful. And he would think that the reason the photograph was beautiful was because of how he took it. If I took it, I would know that the only reason it's beautiful is because of Sam.

I want to be an author/director and I'm writing my second book now and I want to make a movie of it, and I hope I get to do this for the rest of my life.

Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.