Teen

I mean, I'm pretty good in real life, but sometimes people seem surprised that I'm like a normal teenager and wear black nail polish and I'm just a little bit more edgy than the person I play on television.

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

I have this sense that I didn't really start growing up until my twenties.

I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence.

Everybody is a teenage idol.

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

No matter how good you are, at some point your kids are gonna have to create their own independence and think that Mom and Dad aren't cool, just to establish themselves. That's what adolescence is about. They're gonna go through that no matter what.

Growing up, I've enjoyed hunting with my father.

I wanted to be with the kind of people I'd grown up with, but you can't go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try.

I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird.

Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18.

Adolescence is the conjugator of childhood and adulthood.

The area of teenage life is not necessarily rarefied; we've all gone through that period. It's not as rarefied as a western or a space adventure or a gangster film, but it has its own dynamic.

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is.

Maturity is only a short break in adolescence.

I think there's a time in your life where you don't feel like you fit in. I think everyone has that when you're a teenager, especially, and especially in the society we live in.

Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.

Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.

Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.

Growing up, I wanted desperately to please, to be a good girl.