Katie Chang Quotes

I'm 18 and I like it!

Starting at about, I guess, forever, I've always looked forward to getting older. When I was 14, I couldn't wait to be 16 and get a driver's license.

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that.

Some people do need to grow up, but I don't think I'm there yet. I don't think I'm ready to do grown-up things and be a grown-up.

You can't have whatever you want. But to a child who must ask permission for every single thing, adulthood looks like a constant parade of every desire's satisfaction. It is a heady and terrifying place. It is the Otherworld. It is Fairyland. In fantasy, we make this literal.

The best holiday I ever had was the first one I went on without my parents, when I was 17.

I love being a teen because you don't have all the responsibilities of an adult yet.

I needed to grow up and do things all adults do. It was time to stop having everything spoon fed to me. It was about being independent.

Once I got my driver's license everybody treated me like I was an adult.

I liked being a minor because you can't get into trouble. Now I just have to try and behave myself.

Being a teenager is chaotic because you're kind of coming into your own, but you're not an adult; you're fighting with your parents over responsibilities and freedom.

The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like.

It's not that I don't respect my parents' authority or appreciate all that they did for me, but when I was 18 I was able to move out, and I was out. I feel like a different person since then; I mean, it's obviously a big turning point in life. I feel like I've established myself, and I'm a smarter and more mature for it.

I feel more mature than most people my age.

By the time I turned 18, I moved into a little chalet of my own and felt very grown-up.

I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.

When we were kids, we couldn't wait to have our own rooms, not to have to share anymore. And that is what I love about having my own bedroom. It is mine. My sleep is mine. Both pillows are mine. If I wake up, it is me who has woken me up... It makes me feel like a grown-up. I love it.

When you're 16 and when you're 17, you're kind of walking that fine line of being an adult and legally being able to look out for yourself, while being able to look out for yourself and being treated as a child.

Everyone out there is growing up too quickly, university does give you responsibility but you're still learning and you have time to go out and have fun.

I have a fresh start, now that I've turned 18, which feels like such a symbolic age of independence and hopefully a new phase of my life.

The time I felt most beautiful was probably when I was in college, and I was starting to accept who I was as a person. I wasn't hiding who I was anymore, and I was like, 'You know what? I'm growing up; I don't have to follow the rules anymore.'

It's exciting being around people who are adults - I actually race out the door in the morning and shout, 'Bye!'

I think 18 is a good age to make your debut.

When I'm asked what my girls will think when they grow up, I'll tell them that they have to keep their clothes on till they're 40. But when they're 40, they can make their own decisions.

It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day.