Winona Ryder Quotes

No matter where you are or where you grow up, you always go through the same awkward moments of being a teenager and growing up and trying to figure out who you are.

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

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

I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone. I definitely had my awkward moments.

I designed 'Buffy' to be an icon, to be an emotional experience, to be loved in a way that other shows can't be loved. Because it's about adolescence, which is the most important thing people go through in their development, becoming an adult.

I remember the kind of teenager I was, the kind of teenager I wanted to be, and then the kind of teenagers that were all around me. Life is lived on such a big scale in those years - and such an embarrassing one as well.

You don't know who you are when you're 14.

No one escapes the teenage years without a lot of challenges. I had many. I was awkward. Petrified of boys.

I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years.

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.

Well, the years from 10 to 20, when your body, mind and everything is like changing every five minutes, can be pretty torturing. And most of the interesting characters, I think, are somewhat tortured or torturous. I'm 20 now, so I'm only just an adult.

I'm always thinking about identity. And the middle-school years are a time of exploring questions about who you are and who you want to be. For the first time, you see the world in a broader sense.

High school is just horrible in general. So, I think it was a good time for me to have stopped acting. I got to be normal in high school.

Everyone seems to relate to the awkwardness of being a teenager, or even a 30-year-old.

When I wrote my first story, all the characters were teenagers because I think 16, 17 is a great age.

The teenage years are ridiculously crucial and hard and, um, awkward.

Although I sometimes enjoy writing from an adult's perspective, I feel dedicated to the coming of age story - that part of a young person's life where he must make a decision that will change his life forever. I still remember what it's like to be twelve years old.

Adolescence is a modern construct and very American in so many ways.

I went through a lot in middle school, and you always try so many different looks and try to be so many different people. I finally realized I'm awkward, I'm lanky, and I'm going to embrace it - make fun of myself and just laugh.

People flash back to pictures of me when I was 12 and say 'Kylie's so different,' but how can I look the same from 12 -18?

Most of us remember adolescence as a kind of double negative: no longer allowed to be children, we are not yet capable of being adults.

Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don't get over that until much later in life. I feel like I'm just starting to get over puberty - basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell.

The characters in the book grow up with us. My voice has broken as well.

For whatever reason, I decided: 'I'm 18, I'm a man, I'm going to grow a moustache' - and it was pathetic for years - it was awful.