I was never interested in 'Teen Beat' like roles. I just wanted to work.

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

I've had a lot of compulsions throughout my life which mainly started as a teen around the time I was doing exams.

As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.

As I got older, I had a bunch of friends that were various teen stars. I've always known people in the spotlight and people who just grew up in L.A. and had nothing to do with the industry. It's not a glamorous thing to me. It's just a different type of business.

I'm into classic rock, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel.

It's absolutely chilling to think that I've been working on a comic-book series called 'Optic Nerve' since I was sixteen.

The United States has made remarkable progress in reducing both teen pregnancy and racial and ethnic differences, but the reality is, too many American teens are still having babies.

I grew up in a difficult environment, but I became a Christian as a teen. My mom and my sister soon became Christians also.

A surprising number of American skyjackers were not yet old enough to drink or sometimes even drive. These adolescents were generally inept at planning their crimes, and few of their capers met with any success; most seemed to end within moments of starting, usually after a fatherly pilot convinced the nervous teen to hand over his gun.

I love being a part of Aqua Teen.

Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did.

I was a teen idol and that has a short shelf life.

I started out in the ballroom scene when I was fourteen years old.

I'm really loving Billie Eilish's 'idontwannabeyouanymore.' Her dreamy vocals offer such a lovely moment of escape, and there's a sophistication to the lyrics that are so surprising coming from a teen artist.

Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!

I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing.

Robin McKinley's 'The Blue Sword' was a defining book of my teen years, and I'd love to have more books like that in the world.

I used to play 'Grand Theft Auto' when I was an early teen, between eleven and thirteen.

Weird Al was something that kids would listen to. It's funny, super funny, smart. It's just kind of jokey. I remember hearing 'Smells Like Nirvana' before hearing 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' That's how it really worked. I think it's just such a cool thing how he introduced us to so many cool bands. Even Queen - 'Another One Rides the Bus.'