People soften by the forced reflection that comes with loss.

Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.

If we could all just laugh at ourselves, in hard times or good times, it would be an incredible world.

There is a point in every young person's life when you realize that the youth that you've progressed through and graduate to some sort of adulthood is equally as messed up as where you're going.

Belief is such a powerful thing - but because it is, it can also be very destructive and it's very easily manipulated.

Advice is such a tricky thing when you're young.

Some locations are so terrible, you can't even breathe, and you still have to act.

For a child actor, its a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared.

When I'm not working, I definitely I like waking up at noon.

In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.

A Christian high school is just like any other high school in the sense of the politics and all of these levels of who's cool and what to wear.

Try not to worry, for time is a great healer.' Such words were futile.

I feel betrayed by own mother.

There is an entire generation of young people who know nothing about how viciously the FBI attacked The Black Panther Party, and why.

When people don't take time out, they stop being productive.

Heaven is the presence of God.

I'm not saying I'm smarter than Steve Jobs was, but I would have made the iPhone charger cord twice as long.

I want to be the president for all Americans, regardless of your political beliefs, where you come from, what you look like, your religion.

People in China say: 'If you love your children, send them to New York. If you hate your children, also send them to New York.

It be better, I think, to climb out in search of something, instead of hating, what you're leaving.

The very idea of having children brings out this deep revulsion in me.