“Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then...” — Drew Barrymore Quote

“Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves.”

“The people I grew up around who I really liked were quick on the draw. It always just wowed me. And my mum would make weird funny comments. I can see in myself her self-deprecating, hippie humour. I can't take myself too seriously.”

“When you've been locked up in a mental institution, people are going to ask questions. It was OK, because I didn't have to act perfect all the time.”

“Presidents are always also storytellers, purveyors of useful national mythologies. And surprisingly enough, Richard Nixon, this awkward man who didn't even really like people, had not been so bad at this duty - at least in the first four years of his presidency.”

“I never particularly thought of myself as great with girls. I can be awkward, and I have a strange sense of humor at times. But I've also been learning to try and embrace that.”

“I am shy and self-conscious and awkward, so I think that's why I became a writer.”