I think I was made to live in New York. I love it.

Do what you want, and if people are going to judge you for it, who cares? You might not fit in, but that's okay. Everyone thought I was weird in high school!

If you act weird, people are going to treat you weird, but if you're just yourself, people respond to that.

Perfection is impossible. Trying to do your best is important, but loving yourself and loving others should come first.

There's no need to bully; be kind to unwind!

I love the ocean and have a passion for surfing, even though I'm not very good at it. I like getting out there and paddling around.

Everyone always says that guys are intimidated by me, but I seriously doubt it. I mean, I'm five-foot-nothing!

When you're a kid, you have these big ideas and these big dreams to make a change, or maybe you feel like you can't make a difference.

Boys and girls can be friends. It's not weird. They're a person and they can be your best friend in the whole world.

When I was younger, I didn't want to be on TV.

I think you can go to school at any age.

It is the spirit of the poets that gives the soldiers strength to fight.

People run away to be alone, ' he said. Some people had to be alone.

When you fill yourself with inner joy and inner peace, this world becomes peaceful.

One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors.

I just want to listen and build relationships with as many of my colleagues as possible.

I work from the inside out.

If something works for another school, use it. Don't act like you are too good to use other ideas

I've found that writing novels is an all-absorbing experience - both physical and mental - and I have to do it every day in order to keep the rhythm, to keep myself focused on what I'm doing.

I've always had individual friends, but I didn't find the people I wanted to learn from as an adult until my midtwenties.

I was in a band in high school and college and I always had a love for music, but I didn't go to a conservatory or anything like that. I was fairly self-taught.