I definitely think there could be stricter teen driving laws.
I went to ‘The Nutcracker’ every year with my grandma and aunt. Then, in my early teen years, I thought I wanted to be a ballet dancer. I went real gung-ho in that direction, and I started performing in ‘The Nutcracker.’
If you were an optimistic teen, then you’ll be an optimist at 80. People’s reactions to bad events are highly stable over a half century or more.
In the Top 40, half the songs are secret messages to the teen world to drop out, turn on, and groove with the chemicals and light shows at discotheques.
Certain elements of teen life that, 10 years ago, were very important to me still, are becoming less so as I get older. I mean, I’ve kinda gotten over, I guess I’m saying, the fact that I had trouble getting a date for the prom.
My high school years were fun and frustrating, typical of the teen years. The most important accomplishment was meeting my wife, Ruth.
I’m a teen boy, so I like seeing blood and guts. I know it’s fake, but I’m having fun.
‘Rookie’ is not your guide to Being a Teen. It is, quite simply, a bunch of writing and art we like and believe in.
It’s only shocking to the uninitiated that ‘Teen Vogue’ would have the audacity to be political and style-focused.
I tend to like writing long stories in comics. I worked on ‘Flash,’ ‘Teen Titans’ and ‘JSA’ for years. I always like diving into characters.
I still bump ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit.’ I used to listen to it before all my football games.
I think there’s actually a benefit to working with teen actors: they’ve got such boundless energy, and everybody is willing to try different things.
I take mentoring very seriously and I am on the board of an organization called Girls Write Now, where we match teen girls and writing mentors because it changes their lives.
Fifth grade was when I first heard ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit;’ it was the energy, and his voice. I liked 311 and Sublime, too, though that might have been a little after that.
I’ve been trying face products since I was, like 13, 12 years old. I use to break out a lot, especially in my teen years.
I think anybody who’s doing work in their teen years on TV or in the movies, you’re a teen idol by default.
That can be the most painstaking aspect of being a teen, figuring out what the world really looks like. If you find someone in a book, you know you’re not alone and that’s what’s so comforting about books.
One of the things that ‘Love, Simon’ is doing that hasn’t been done before is it’s a gay teen rom-com with a mainstream wide release and the backing of a studio that previous gay rom-coms have not had. I’m really excited by that.
When I was in my teen years and in my 20s and even 60s, it was okay to drop everything and disappear and become a road warrior for all those months. But after a while you get… y’know, one likes to have some home life.
I remember as a teen being able to eat more than my father. I was growing so fast and my body couldn’t keep up.
When it’s my time to go, I’ll go, but the only time that’s going to be for ‘Teen Mom’ is when the network takes it off the air.
I was on a show called ‘Teen Diva’ which was being aired on MTV. I talked a lot on the show and the boss there thought I was good for VJ-ing since I spoke so much.
I got into James Blake quite early, like when I was early teen, and that was really important for me.
As a teen, I was both anorexic and bulimic.
I’ve been writing songs since I was a teenager, so one kind of song I’ve written a lot is about, I don’t know, teen angst feelings – feeling unsure of yourself and immature.
