Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful.

I could never be a country person, sitting around trees trying to write a song. I would rather be in the middle of society, whether it's growing or crumbling.

I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.

People are strange. We're all morticians. Hey, what's on TV?

The most important thing to a lot of people, is to belong to something that's hip or whatever. To be a part of something that's not society, just a clique.

When you become tired of fitting in, is when you truly become yourself

There's more to light than the opposite of dark.

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it.

Never mind a world that can't see past brutality.

Sometimes you want to run away Sometimes you think you do But you never had a dream like this before And you don't want to ask for more Sometimes you leave a mark Before you know the score

I think bands, when they're on the road, they keep their sanity by developing an internal sense of humor.

Ask yourself exactly what you want in your life—now and in the future. If you were given the opportunity to do or have anything, what would it be, and why?

Secrets...are the very root of cool.

I’d scream, but I have no voice. The bullies stole it from me

This week Sarah Palin's memoir became a bestseller. It's not even out yet. It's being translated into English.

Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.

I must say that "Give Peace a Chance" has always seemed to me to be sensible advice.

Death is not a foe, but an inevitable adventure.

How we live our religion is far more important than what we may say about our religion.

I really think that everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a harmonica.

Because there might come a day when there is no flashlight, there is no gun, there is no guiding hand. And I want to be ready for it." (divergent pg.138)