I've always written songs that were confessional, acoustic, wordy - my writing style matches my personality. The music always has to match the mouth it comes out of.

Take a deep breath, listen to your favorite song and realize everything is gonna be okay, nothing is permanent.

It's okay not to be perfect. Your imperfections are what make you YOU. And at the end of the day, people like real people, flaws and all. At least I do.

There's no freedom like the freedom that comes from accepting yourself.

At the end of the day nobody's perfect and everybody's weird whether they embrace it or not

The whole point of music is being able to share your story.

There's this quote that says "friendship isn't how long you've known someone, but who walked into your life, said 'I'm here for you' and proved it."

It's more than Fifth Harmony, the girl group - it's a sisterhood.

Whether or not someone sexualizes you for wearing an outfit, that's their problem and not yours.

I've always written songs for the sake of my own sanity and expression.

In the music industry, there's often a lot of egos and people aren't always very supportive, but we cheer each other on and we push each other to be better.

Getting caught up in someone else's dream is like a drug. Sometimes you have to go cold turkey.

It's wearying, like Caliban buttonholing you in hell and telling you the struggle he's having getting along with himself.

I want to devour you with my eyes, and tell you over and over that you've never been so beautiful.

To me there's no difference between writing YA and adult except that in YA I make the book a little shorter and the protagonists are teens. The difference is in the readers.

We have rapidly increasing technology, which is making life very good for people who are good at using words, and not so good for people who are not good at using words.

No country can solve climate change alone, we have to take global measures.

My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.

When I went to law school, which I put myself through for $100,000 dollars of debt, I didn't expect anybody to pay for my health insurance, which I had none of. No health insurance.

Others settle for small rewards; the neurotic must always go for broke.

A reason that the past is so hated by the young is that there is no way to be entirely free of it.