“My best advice is to be yourself. Unless you’re psychotic, then you might want to try a different tactic.”

“When you’re by yourself you can act as mature as you want, or as silly as you want – it makes no difference.”

“My best advice to writers is get yourself born in an interesting place.”

“Don't expect to make a difference unless you speak up for yourself.”

“If you’re honest with yourself as a writer, trying to tell the best story you can, your story will be an honest one. And your values will come out, no matter how hard you try to disguise them.”

“You’re a teenage girl, sweetheart. Growing and changing every day. As you’re trying to find out who you are and what you want to be, you have to experiment and try different things, alter clothes, friends, personalities. I don’t think anyone so young can truly be one color just yet. And you’re my only student who’s realized that.”