It's important to be self-aware about what people are saying about you, but even more so, be very aware of who you actually are, and to have that be the main priority.

I've never been fascinated by the party lifestyle. Penciling in a night to get wasted is not something I want to do.

Sophistication isn't what you wear and who you know.

I've always just wished that maybe someday people would care about the words that I wrote.

There's room for role models who make mistakes.

Say it to them. Or say it to yourself in the mirror. Say it in a letter you'll never send or in a book millions might read someday. I think you deserve to look back on your life without a chorus of resounding voices saying 'I could've, but it's too late now.'

I have always felt a little strange about it being so unique that I'm not a train wreck. Like, this weird fluke that I'm not - partying all the time.