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When I was 12, that's when I went to college. All my friends were 20, 21, and I was 12. It didn't even occur to me that that was strange.

I started writing when I was about thirteen.

I was about 13, in some ways, when I wrote the first book. Approximately 18 when I wrote the second.

I think I was about seven when people started telling my parents I would be an actor or a performer of some kind.

When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since.

I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.

I wasn't a child at 13, were you?

I think it was at 16 when I forced myself because my dad had nagged me for an entire year. Like, 'Come on, sing for people. You have a nice voice,' and I just wouldn't do it. One evening, I just decided, 'Screw it, I'll do it.' I remember it was really bad. But I did it. So that was good.

Adolescence was only recognised as a life stage in the early 20th century, when psychologists got down to work. Today's generational battle obscures the fact that adulthood is happening later. A new transitional stage has emerged after adolescence: the twenties.

I knew I wanted to act when I was around 14.