What doesn't feel okay to me, what feels a little bit out of balance, is when you want to turn yourself into something else - when you want to be another person.

A child speaks more sense than an adult half of the time.

Every time an adult is going to write something for a teenager and you don't have, physically, a person who is that, you are always going to be a little off.

I like to look strong and commanding.

I love the anxiety, the pressure of the loud room full of yapping kids. But I'm a kid myself.

I find it really frustrating when people go, "I want to be famous and glamorous like you."

I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin.