Quotes about Teens

Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces. Votes: 8

Sleep is good, he said, And books are better. Votes: 5

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. Votes: 5

Youth comes but once in a lifetime. Votes: 4

Even a fool learns something once it hits him. Votes: 4

We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released. Votes: 4

Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork - reading, writing, thinking - can. Votes: 4

Even when muddy your wings sparkle bright wonders that heal broken worlds. Votes: 4

For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother Votes: 4

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. Votes: 4

To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent. Votes: 4

Teen pop will never die as long as there are teens and popular music. It just takes a different head. Votes: 4

Some people see scars, and it is wounding they remember. To me they are proof of the fact that there is healing. Votes: 4

What a shame that allowances have to stop with the teens: both those that are paid to us and those that are made for us. Votes: 4

This body is yours. It is your home. The keeper of your soul. The resting place of your spirit. No one can ever take that away. Votes: 4

Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell. Votes: 4

Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones like them. Votes: 4

In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others. Votes: 4

Teens wanted things that were real, that they connected with, it doesn't have to reflect reality directly. They love 'The Hunger Games' not because it's real in that it happens, but the emotions there are real, and it's very relatable. Votes: 4

In Maybe I Will, Laurie Gray writes about important topics that teens need to talk about, including sexual assault, friendship, and alcoholism or self-destructive behaviors that result from trauma. Maybe I Will may help some teens know they're not alone. Votes: 4

As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too. Votes: 4

In my early teens, I knew I wanted to do television production. I loved cameras, editing and producing, anything that had to do with television production. My friend had a production studio across town, and we'd go over there at night and shoot and edit. I produced my father's televised service for 17 years. Votes: 4

Teens find out a lot from other teens. Votes: 3

We do stigmatise teens a lot and see them as scary and alien. Votes: 3

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means. Votes: 3

Teens in the '90s had the same basic desires as they do now. Votes: 3

Teens just understand the world in ways I don't think any of us adults do. Votes: 3

Teens are by nature, experimental learners. There is no real understanding of biology without the lab... Votes: 3

Teens like a lot of the same things adults do: smart people doing amazing things against awful odds. Votes: 3

Dear Teens at Starbucks wearing 'Abstain from Sex 2 Attain Ur Goals' t-shirts: Doesn't it depend on what my goals are? Votes: 3

Teens are not like the weird, dumb dwarves you have around your house. They are actually you when you were younger. Votes: 3

Vampires and teens have a lot in common. Teens have surging hormones, vampires have surging blood lust. Teenagers think they're immortal. Votes: 3

Teens today rule the world. The whole culture - movies, music - is pointed at young people. They have so 'much' power. Votes: 3

Teens look at cause-related efforts with some scrutiny. They know they are often a target market, but it has to make sense to them. Votes: 3

Teens are always shown as one dimensional. They're stereotyped. When I was in high school, I cared about more than getting a date or making the team. Votes: 3

Teens affect history. They affect lives; they affect our cultural growth and change, and yet, and at the same time, they are often the most vulnerable among us. Votes: 3

Teens are dealing with the same problems now in the '90s as they did back in the '70s, the only real difference is the clothes we wear! Votes: 3

Teens want to read something that isn't a lie; we adults wish we could put our heads under the blankets and hide from the scary story we're writing for our kids. Votes: 3

Teens aren't just interested in getting laid. I won't believe that's all they're interested in. I have four younger sisters and they're sick of being shown how they're supposed to react in bed. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Coming into your powers can be a very confusing time. Perhaps there is a book on the subject. If you like, we can go see Marian." Yeah, right. Choices and Changes. A Modern Girl's Guide to Casting. My Mom Wants to Kill Me: A Self-Help Book For Teens. Votes: 3

The plastic surgery issue is really looming because girls in the U.S. are getting it in their teens. Votes: 2

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender teens are bullied and ostracized in epidemic proportions. It's disgusting, and it must change. Votes: 2

I remained Ryan's companion on the Hollywood party circuit, growing inured to sex and drugs before I was in my teens. Votes: 2

Only those with skin as thick as elephant hide can hope to sail through their teens unscathed by self-doubt and bouts of depression. Votes: 2

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement. Votes: 2

To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn't wish my teens and 20s on my enemies. Votes: 2

A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn't have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible. Votes: 2

I actually love writing for teens best. I had such an awful time in my own teen years - I love having the chance to relive them through my fiction. Votes: 2

I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens. Votes: 2

Every time I hear someone making ignorant comments about the supposed 'evils' of homosexuality, I think about the true evil of the high suicide rates among gay and lesbian teens. Votes: 2

I decided during my teens that I wasn't going to have the life of a concert pianist, much to the chagrin of a lot of people who had put a lot of money into me! Votes: 2

I didn't really blossom until my mid teens, and by that time I had to work on my personality to make people like me. I found it easy to make people laugh and I was always pretty popular. Votes: 2

Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle. Votes: 2

I grew up twelve miles outside of Montego Bay. In my early teens, I went to Kingston. It was like a different planet for me. In the country, people are kind. In the city, people are hard an' cold, like the concrete and steel. Votes: 2

Maze Runner' is about a group of teens that live inside this giant maze. And outside the maze are these creatures that come out at night. The centerpiece of the maze where we stay is called the Glades, and we call ourselves the Gladers. Votes: 2

Love Is Louder is a movement that is hopefully going to bring some awareness and make some noise when it comes to teens who are feeling suicidal or even just sad, outcasts, and being bullied, and really feel like they have nowhere to turn to. Votes: 2

I'm a very introverted person. Nothing that's happened has changed that, but one of the reasons I write for teens is it's a real privilege to have a seat at the table in the lives of young people when they're figuring out what matters to them. Votes: 2

I can't stress to you enough how much I can relate to teens being cyberbullied. Something that helps me is looking at old videos of me and my friends from middle school, or videos of my family. I love watching funny videos of my favorite people - it really cheers me up. Votes: 2

Hoping they'd been inspired by the examples of Anne Frank and other teens who had turned negative experiences into something positive by writing about them, I handed out notebooks for my students to journal about their lives. There was some initial resistance. But then the stories poured out of them, full of anger and sadness. Votes: 2

After graduation, I wanted to work for 'Sassy', which I loved, but it had folded. So I wound up at 'Seventeen' for three years on staff and two as a contributor, and I wrote these great stories that nobody ever believes 'Seventeen' does. Serious stories for teens about social justice issues - gun control, migrant farm workers. Votes: 2

My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens, he heard a great violinist, Jascha Heifetz, and he was so inspired listening to him that he bought himself a violin, and with a little help from an Italian teacher, he learned to play it. Votes: 2

I had my bad-boy moment in my teens. I'll never do that again. It wasn't pleasant, and I learned my lesson. It was sexy and mysterious, and it's like, 'Look how cool they are,' but it's just not worth it. He was lying to me and accusing me of cheating - but then I realized he was the one cheating. Votes: 2

The truth of the matter is, beauty is a specific thing, rare and fleeting. Some of us have it in our teens, 20s and 30s and then lose it; most of us have it not at all. And that's perfectly okay. But lying to yourself that you have it when you don't seems to me simple-minded at best and psychotic at worst. Votes: 2

I became conflicted in my late teens. Votes: 0

I was totally into jazz in my teens. Votes: 0

I was having my teens in my 30s. Votes: 0

I've been an amateur photographer since my teens. Votes: 0

All teens are in trouble in one form or another. Votes: 0

My kids probably started drinking coffee in their late teens. Votes: 0

When I was in my teens I had issues with OCD. Votes: 0

In my teens, I was never part of the cool crowd. Votes: 0

I first read 'Madame Bovary' in my teens or early twenties. Votes: 0

It was a lot of 'Dungeons and Dragons' all through my teens. Votes: 0

When I was in my late teens I was already interested in philosophy. Votes: 0

I spent my teens and early 20s shopping almost exclusively at thrift stores. Votes: 0

61% of graduating teens have had sex, 37% will eventually have sex, and 2% become statisticians. Votes: 0

If life really begins at forty, then all poor people die in their teens. Votes: 0

We all have an interest in making sure teens grow up healthy and drug-free. Votes: 0

I've always loved punk music, since I was in my early teens, since middle school. Votes: 0

The only place I'm recognized is at the mall, because that's where the teens are. Votes: 0

Maybe something that's acceptable in your teens or 20s is unacceptable in your 30s or 40s Votes: 0

In my teens and university and stuff, video games became more realistic, or they started to. Votes: 0

Ever wonder why the media never refers to 18 or 19 year old American soldiers as armed teens? Votes: 0

Ever wonder why the media never refers to 18 or 19 year old American soldiers as "armed teens"? Votes: 0

Most teens aren’t addicted to social media; if anything, they’re addicted to each other. Votes: 0

I'm a big believer in giving teens a voice and opportunities to share their stories and experiences. Votes: 0

Like the teens I worked with, I understood the need for miracles--they kept reality from paralyzing you Votes: 0

Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. Votes: 0

It's insulting to believe that teens should have a different kind of book than an adult should. Votes: 0

The best thing about being Children's Laureate has definitely been all the children and teens I've met. Votes: 0

There are now more teens going into treatment for marijuana dependency than for all other drugs combined. Votes: 0

Hispanics still have the highest rate amongst teens with babies so at least the future housekeeping is secure. Votes: 0

I would not encourage children or teens to multitask because we don't know where those efforts may lead. Votes: 0

Older teens tend to write to me and say, 'Thank you for not writing down to teenagers.' Votes: 0

Never underestimate what teens can understand or do. They're smart, creative, and fresh-minded. I wish I was one. Votes: 0

I think teens are drawn to these speculative books that portray what might happen and what could happen. Votes: 0

When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends. Votes: 0

I never really had the fun teens of exploring the world because I was sitting at home, learning programming. Votes: 0

Just after I entered my teens I suddenly entertained an insatiable enthusiasm for the delightful habit of criticizing others. Votes: 0

Songwriting was always my 'plan B'. I didn't even know that songwriting was a job until my late teens! Votes: 0

I started to play Jazz music in my early teens. A boyfriend brought records over, so I listened to everything Votes: 0

After I reached my teens I decided I didn't want to hang out with anyone. I couldn't handle the stupidity. Votes: 0

I raised my three teens with love, perseverance, tenacity, sweat, tears, prayers, lighting candles, and the list could go on. Votes: 0

Marijuana is a much bigger part of the American addiction problem than most people - teens or adults - realize. Votes: 0

You're jeans are full of crap. You're full of beans, you're in you teens. You've lost your mama's road map. Votes: 0

Ever since I was in my teens I had plans at one point in my life to write a novel. Votes: 0

I built two forges when I was in my teens. I was just really, really into metalworking and making stuff. Votes: 0

We teach teens what we think they ought to know, and we never tell them what they want to know. Votes: 0

I write for teens partially to work out whatever it was that I needed to from my own teenage years. Votes: 0

There are many animation films out there for teens, tweens and family but there are not that many real life stories. Votes: 0

within that ageing outer shell we remain very much the same as we did in our late teens and early twenties. Votes: 0

I started playing guitar when I was in my late teens, and within two years I was starting to play shows. Votes: 0

Throughout my teens, I just wanted to go somewhere I could wear a Donald Duck pin and no one would care. Votes: 0

A young woman in her teens has about 300,000 eggs in her ovaries. By the time she is menopausal, none are left. Votes: 0

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. Votes: 0

I wish America would stop judging and criticizing teens and instead, try to understand the battles they have to fight every day. Votes: 0

All generations of teens have it hard, I think. Each society and century has its struggles that the others can't compare to. Votes: 0

Our teens are embedded in a culture driven by competition and perfectionism, where success is defined by status, performance and their appearance. Votes: 0

I look at the rates of suicide among gay teens. They are so, so high for suicide attempts and for completed suicides. Votes: 0

I came to England in 1962 as a very young bride, in my teens, hoping just to stay two years and go back. Votes: 0

I had a mystical experience when I was in my late teens, early 20s, and I spent years trying to recapture that. Votes: 0

I had never been attracted to younger guys. I had, from my late teens, always liked men who were older than me. Votes: 0

You can determine the kind of life you will have in your 30s and 40s by what you do in your teens. Votes: 0

I was fascinated by The Lord of the Rings from about the age of eight, and that lasted well into my teens. Votes: 0

In my early teens, I was a janitor. In high school, I got up early to deliver to accounts that required early service. Votes: 0

It's strange to recall that America animated none of my youthful daydreams. I did not see a Hollywood film until my late teens. Votes: 0

In my early teens, science fiction and fantasy had an almost-total hold over my imagination. Their outcast status was part of their appeal. Votes: 0

People always say 'They [teens] need a good talking to.' I've never agreed with that. A kid needs a good listening to. Votes: 0

I was a Ukrainian folk dancer in my teens, and I toured the country in 1991, shortly before the break-up of the Soviet Union. Votes: 0

While in my late teens and in my 20s, I worked seven days a week, 20 hours a day. I worked my tail off. Votes: 0

If you're ever invited, fellow YA authors, go. It's the first YA con I've been to that was overwhelming populated by teens. Wonderful! Votes: 0

In my teens, I worked as an aide in my community supervising and mentoring youth in various programs and delivering lunches to needy students. Votes: 0

A recent study announced that 52 per cent of all teens who sign virginity pledges recant them within twelve months. If I'm on my game. Votes: 0

A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens. Votes: 0

I think, in my life and in my experience, teens have stress, and everybody's stress is unique, and everybody's frame of reference is different Votes: 0

I started listening to classical music when I was in my early teens. Prior to that, I listened to pop records or band records. Votes: 0

I am not sure how old I was when I began to worry about being saved, but it was sometime in my early teens. Votes: 0

I had never really pictured myself working in children's ministries. I always figured I would be more comfortable with maybe teens or adult ministries. Votes: 0

In your teens, you think you know everything, and you know nothing. By your thirties, you're sure you know nothing, but you're happy with that. Votes: 0

Traditionally parents have wondered what their teens were doing, but now teens are much more likely to be doing things that can get them killed. Votes: 0

I give people 'If You Came Softly' when they demand proof that novels for teens can be as good as the best novels for adults. Votes: 0

By the time I was in my early teens, we were able to move into a much more middle-class area. I had a comfortable adolescence. Votes: 0

My focus has kind of been on teenagers, you know, and I think we've got a huge crisis right now in America, among our teens. Votes: 0

I give people If You Came Softly when they demand proof that novels for teens can be as good as the best novels for adults. Votes: 0

To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage. Votes: 0

The artist in his teens who is happy is a charlatan. Life comes bursting in all around lis too suddenly, too crudely, too cruelly, for happiness. Votes: 0

In fact, a University of Connecticut study showed that as many as three in four pre-teens and teens who are exposed to Internet gambling become addicted. Votes: 0

I am for anything that makes teens visible in an honest way... in other words, anything that represents them the way they are, positively or negatively. Votes: 0

I grew up in a working class neighborhood in Sweden, which, during my teens, gentrified and is now completely middle class and even upper middle class. Votes: 0

I've been wearing Wrangler jeans for more than a decade now, all the way back to when I first started playing clubs in my teens in Georgia. Votes: 0

I grew up to be indifferent to the distinction between literature and science, which in my teens were simply two languages for experience that I learned together. Votes: 0

Joan of Arc is my namesake. I played her character while still in my teens, at a music festival held at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Votes: 0

Hong Kong is not just a global financial center. It's also a place with a lot of teens and youth who love freedom, democracy, and human rights. Votes: 0

I love ghost stories but kind of left them alone after my teens and came back to it after playing Heathcliff in 'Wuthering Heights' on the radio. Votes: 0

In the '60s, parents were told to let their teens rebel, explore their boundaries. Increasingly the same message is being given to the parents of tweens. Votes: 0

There are many women in their late teens and early twenties who have either experienced violence in a relationship or have witnessed it at home in their childhood. Votes: 0

What defines someone's music taste is their teens and early 20s. It's that combination of your sexual awakening and the music of the time, it fixes you forever. Votes: 0

The show has brought a lot of pleasure and entertainment to an entire generation of Baby Boomers and now their own teens who watch the show on cable. Votes: 0

My childhood was a happy one, spent in a tall house in South Kensington and later in East Sussex, but my early and mid teens were less successful. Votes: 0

That's important, apologizing, listening, you know, I think the teens I speak with, most of them don't feel understood. They feel like they're being lectured to all the time. Votes: 0

When I write for teens, I feel I can cut through everything and get to the bare bones. I can get straight into the emotional world of the character. Votes: 0

Then in my early teens, when the home computer bubble was blowing, I had one of the first, an Acorn Atom, and used to write primitive adventures on that. Votes: 0

I always look toward teens on Instagram to really understand what's going on. For some reason, when you're a teen, you just understand the world better than anyone else. Votes: 0

The fashion look of teens and twentysomethings -once so cutting edge- is now, like most of the music played on the radio, a matter of routine. Safe, tired, everywhere. Votes: 0

I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that was what I'd become and in my late teens drifted into reading serious literature. Votes: 0

My advice to teens is to try and do something that scares you every day because it's the only way you can test how far you can really go. Votes: 0

I didn't realise my upbringing was unusual until my teens. As the child of two actors, I presumed that visiting film sets and being surrounded by colourful characters was normal. Votes: 0

A surprising number of teens I meet in rougher schools around the country find refuge in novels and creative writing. It's not always the usual suspects either, the high achievers. Votes: 0

I've always been interested in setting my stories against a big event, the importance of which my younger readers are slowly becoming aware of as they move into their teens. Votes: 0

I survived a number of garage bands during my teens and early twenties, both as drummer and guitarist. It's nigh impossible for me to listen to music without parsing it. Votes: 0

Normal kids in their teens want to go and date girls and do mischievous things, your hormones are jumping around, but I stayed in my bedroom in search of something. Votes: 0

Everyone who deals with teens seems to agree that the most important and toughest job is staying in connection and conversation ... not delivering a lecture but saying what we think. Votes: 0

I didn't have a rigidly enforced religious parental pressure, but I did have a few years in my mid-teens of turning to religion, and it was very meaningful to me. Votes: 0

Sometimes I just want to write a really intense love scene. But I can't do that in my books for teens, or parents will complain - believe me, I've tried. Votes: 0

Going through your late teens and early 20s is not an easy time, especially in Hollywood. So you just learn your lessons, you make your mistakes and you move on. Votes: 0

Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived. Votes: 0

I was a compulsive eater in my late teens and until I wrote Diet for a Small Planet, so I know what it feels like when food becomes a threat. Votes: 0

I think I played in Lambeau maybe 14, 15 times. I've played there a lot of times. It's in the teens, double digit. I've had success on that field, won and lost. Votes: 0

What's My Line' 1971 was a magical experience as I was still in my teens, and it was my first appearance. You know how they say you never forget 'your first'! Votes: 0

If you do not speak to your teens about the meaning of human sexuality and love, the world will fill the void of your silence with a very contrary message. Votes: 0

I don’t think teens make mistakes when they fall in love. You experience what you experience and you take away what you can from it; it is very human. Votes: 0

We leave such a trail of bodies through our teens and twenties that it's hard to tell which one is us. How many versions do we abandon over the years Votes: 0

I went through a normal kind of late teens, early 20s drinking, but it was a choice I made, because I didn’t think it was very good for my life. Votes: 0

The first fiction I ever wrote was short stories. I was writing short stories in my late teens and early twenties, and I think it's how you teach yourself to write. Votes: 0

I believe that it's vital for children and teens to be educated, to be given information to help them understand the impacts humans are having on our water, soil, and air. Votes: 0

I'd given up Catholicism in my teens but something of it stays with me. I try to create the perfect sentence - that's as close to godliness as I can get. Votes: 0

I've never really socialized; I've always been anti-social and preferred to be at home. I was never, even my late teens and early twenties, into clubs and parties and stuff like that. Votes: 0

The only thing I understand deeply, because in my teens I was thinking about it, and every year of my life, is software. So I'll never be hands-on on anything except software. Votes: 0

To me there's no difference between writing YA and adult except that in YA I make the book a little shorter and the protagonists are teens. The difference is in the readers. Votes: 0

One in three Canadian teens are bullied. That's nearly two million young Canadians who are teased and excluded. Nearly two million who are silenced in the classroom, losing out on their education. Votes: 0

It's almost uncanny to receive a prize named in honor of Bernard Malamud. I must have been in my early teens when 'The Magic Barrel' was published and I first read it. Votes: 0

It is very rarely that a middle-aged man finds an author who gives him, what he knew so often in his teens and twenties, the sense of having opened a new door. Votes: 0

I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not. Votes: 0

I must confess that in my teens and twenties, I loved 'Mansfield Park' rather in spite of Fanny than because of her. Like Fanny's rich, sophisticated cousins, I didn't really get her. Votes: 0

There's this incredible pressure, especially on teens, to be perfect, look right, have the right clothes, date the right people, get into the right school, have the right home life, and so on. Votes: 0

A mouth of no distinction but well practiced, before I entered my teens, in irony. For what is irony but the repository of hurt? And what is hurt but the repository of hope? Votes: 0

It wasn't until I was in my teens that I started admiring writers as inspirations for my own work, and my earliest influences there were Stephen King, Marion Zimmer Bradley and Richard Adams. Votes: 0

I took some classes in sign language when I was in my early teens because I was told that I would be completely deaf very early. But I never really wanted to learn. Votes: 0

I was never considered cool throughout my teens: a very important time to be accepted by someone, especially your peers. Yes, I had all the screaming women, but the guys hated my guts. Votes: 0

I try to give a voice to teens, who might be afraid to speak up about difficult issues, and a platform for parents and teachers to have frank, meaningful discussions with those young people. Votes: 0

. . . she tried to weave the strength of her father and the young beauty of her first love with David, the happy oblivion of her teens and her warm protected childhood into a magic cloak. Votes: 0

Most teenage suicide attempts are cries for help; the teens survive, succeeding in bringing them the wanted attention. Mine was not a cry for help. I wanted to end my life and my misery. Votes: 0

You'll notice that my books offer great variety. Some are for adults, some for children and some for teens. There are mysteries, historical novels, picture books, love stories and stories of crisis and courage. Votes: 0

I just think people are so used to seeing me on shows like Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars, which are more geared toward teens. But in reality, I could have a 12-year-old kid. Votes: 0

Later, in the early teens, I used to ride my bike every Saturday morning to the nearest airport, ten miles away, push airplanes in and out of the hangars, and clean up the hangars. Votes: 0

I decided to take God and organized religion seriously, and to reject the secular life which in my teens had looked attractive because it allowed me to act in any way that I wanted. Votes: 0

I identify very proudly as a disabled woman. I identify with the crip community. I didn't invent the word 'crip'. It's a political ideology I came to in my late teens and early 20s. Votes: 0

I remember when I was in my late teens just getting rid of lots of records, realizing I only ever listened to them when I was reading, or watching TV, or doing something else. Votes: 0

American teens have the worst of all worlds ... Our children are bombarded and confronted with sexual messages, sexual exploitation, and all manner of sexual criticism. But our society is by and large sexually illiterate. Votes: 0

As a performer, much of my life has been spent in the spotlight. I know how important appearance can be to teens, especially the impact it can have on the way you feel about yourself. Votes: 0

I know that when I grew up I was pretty sheltered, and didn't come to understand much about the world until I was in my really late teens and early twenties, and that process continues. Votes: 0

When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an album a year. It was a treadmill of work then recording, promoting and touring. Votes: 0

Years ago, after I'd answered several questions from a group of teens, one of them asked how I could stay optimistic and keep on going. I answered that instead of getting sad, I get mad. Votes: 0

I just think people are so used to seeing me on shows like 'Vampire Diaries' and 'Pretty Little Liars,' which are more geared toward teens. But in reality, I could have a 12-year-old kid. Votes: 0

In my teens or twenties I wanted to do Blanche. Now I'm over that. Those roles are not attracting me now. Which is odd, because that's what most every actress would want to go do. Votes: 0

When I was in my teens, I made an appraisal of how comfortable my life could turn out when I became the age I am now. Because of a mechanical failure, the prediction was inexact. Votes: 0

I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words on paper. I didn't write or read horror or fantasy, other than children's fantasy, until I was in my teens Votes: 0

I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words on paper. I didn't write or read horror or fantasy, other than children's fantasy, until I was in my teens. Votes: 0

For a long time I wanted to be a comic strip artist but when I started doing them in my teens they were getting really elaborate with tons of poses and a lot of information. Votes: 0

I think in general in my teens I had a lot of crushes on men on the Internet, most notably Momus since I was in my late teens. John Darnielle was also another big crush. Votes: 0

I loved to write; in my late teens I had a 'zine. But it wasn't until I went back to school, later on in my 20s, that I actually saw that I had writing talent. Votes: 0