I guess when you see somebody in the hallway or on the field or something, it's nice to know that they are a real person.

Music is a vital part of my life, and it has been since I was a kid. It helped me find my identity as a person, it helped me find my identity as an artist, and it helped me get in touch with emotions that I didn't know I had.

The sound of the radio fades to nothing because the waves just can't reach

I was looking at the photographs and I started thinking that there was a time when these weren't memories.

I found, through the process of doing 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower,' that I really love directing movies and I love writing books and so this will become the centerpiece of my career for the next ten or twenty years. Doing these adaptations.

Everyone else is either asleep or having sex. I’ve been watching cable television and eating jello.

When I was driving home, I just thought about the word 'special'. And I thought the last person who said that about me was my Aunt Helen. I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think everyone is special in their own way. I really do.