Quote

The thing that bums me out about 'The Real World' is I don't want to believe that teenagers are that stupid.

Young people are just as attracted to the truth as they are convenience and expediency.

As a teenager, I didn't want to be me; I wanted to be many different people. Maybe I realized that they all lived inside me and that if I managed to connect with them, they would become aspects of me.

A lot of times when you keep it real with somebody, you can't expect them to keep it real with you.

Teens are passionate, questioning, curious, have a bit of the idealism I still cling to, and they're making decisions for the first time that can alter the course of their lives - and sometimes, the course of the world.

Well, I think that part of being young is not exactly knowing why you do some of the things that you do. And it's by exploring your life or experimenting or making mistakes and learning from them hopefully that you start to forge an identity.

People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.

I think the reason why a lot of young people are such screw ups... is oftentimes they didn't have the luxury I had of forming important relationships and opinions and life experiences before having success.

You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.

It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around.