To get hwat you want out of life, all you really need to do is be honest about it, don't be afraid to go for it, and have fun while you do it -- and you'll eventually get it.

I was stupid when I was 17 or 18. My thought process was that I thought that I was legitimately a hyper-genius, and so I wanted to go to the hardest academic school I could to see if I was really as smart as I thought I was.

I'm not West Coast at all. I was born in Atlanta, but I grew up in Kentucky, outside of Lexington, in Winchester.

Listen to authority figures because of their position, but only believe them if they can explain why.

The devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for.

If your parents ignored you, or if they are just not emotionally available, or if they yell a lot, that is a type of trauma.

The vast majority of all consequences, especially in 21st century America, are completely meaningless bullshit.