When I did a study of all the coming-of-age movies that meant a lot to me, whether it was 'The Graduate' or 'Rebel Without a Cause' or 'Dead Poet's Society,' they all had that timeless feel. None of them were completely married to the details of their age. They felt timeless in their treatment of it. That's what made them resonate with me.

I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them.

I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what's wrong with me. Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense. To make this all go away.

I wasn't raised very religiously because my parents went to Catholic school, but I do believe in God very much. I just never gave God a name, if you know what I mean. I hope I haven't let Him down regardless.

The truth is, when it gets really quiet, when the silence gets too loud, i really start to miss everyone.

The thing is some girls think they can actually change guys

I hate you." I love you." You're a freak, you know that? Everyone says so. They always have." I'm trying not to be.