Jesse Andrews Quotes

You never grow out of high school sadly.

Coming-of-age stories in high school are exciting because everything that happens during that time is very heightened.

I was actually kind of a hot mess in high school. I did a lot of things in high school I'm not proud of. I wasn't a good student and I wasn't particularly a good daughter. I wasn't very engaged.

I had a hard time in middle school. I was never really quite me until I was 16 or 17, and things like bullying didn't matter anymore.

I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand opportunity to figure yourself out and to figure out what you wanted.

I think high school's very difficult. You're figuring out your own power and your effect on other people. You look back and see how you spent so much energy on figuring out things with your parents or your peers.

I wanted to get through high school anonymously.

My first three years of high school, I wasn't that cool.

I went through a lot of battles in high school.

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

I just wanted to do something about the teenage experience; it's such a wonderful and horrible time of life.

Golly, I hated high school.

Junior and senior high school years were not a good time.

Adolescence is a time in which you experience everything more intensely.

High school's weird, man.

You find your personality real quick in school.

At a young age, I was very aware I was different and not perceived in a good way. For a lot of my adolescence, I struggled with that, trying to identify where I belong and who my real friends are.

I started breaking out of my shell in sophomore and junior year.

As I got into high school I sort of came into my own and gained some confidence and, luckily, wasn't really bullied by others.

Adolescence is like cactus.

I wasn't very happy in high school: it was a confusing and sort of sad time for me.

Being a teenager and figuring out who you are is hard enough without someone attacking you.

In high school, people wanted to find the worst in me.

I'm glad I went through all the normal teenage dramas that a lot of people go through. I can really relate to 'Secret Life' because I witnessed those similar struggles.

Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.