A biography for Nikki Reedhasn’t been written yet.
“With girls, friendships are hard because you have to learn to get to a maturity level to love them but not want to be them.”
“I've always loved music and felt connected to it, but was too afraid to explore that avenue.”
“People definitely wait outside my house, hotel, apartment, whatever, asking for hugs or autographs.”
“I love making things for people.”
“Junior high is so much worse than high school because at least in high school different is more accepted, celebrated actually: all the girls with blue hair and gothic Hello Kitty backpacks.”
“I'm really diligent; I have a really militant side of my personality that comes out in areas of work. I'm very motivated, you know?”
“There is still so much drama in my life, but I'm not a sad person anymore.”
“I love writing. I feel more connected to that than I do a lot of the other things.”
“I have a long-standing relationship with Autism Speaks. I've been supporting them for many, many years now.”
“Young people are fascinated with the idea of love, maybe because they haven't experienced it. The older you get, the more jaded you become with this, like, mystical love thing. It's not as exciting because it's not unknown.”
“People send everyone hate mail. That's the way the world works right now, I'm nothing special.”
“My older brother's really good at making fun of me for just being a workaholic and never taking time for myself. Even when we go on vacation, I'm always working.”
“Coconut oil mixed with olive oil is what I put on my body every day; I put rose hip oil on my face. If my hair feels dry, instead of going and buying something filled with chemicals, I put egg whites or avocados or mayonnaise in my hair. I leave it on there for an hour or two and I wash it out.”
“I think we use a lot of words and labels when trying to describe people: ones with autism, ones without autism. In general, I think that labeling people is a major issue, and people don't understand the power of language.”
“My rule is: If I can eat it, I can put it on my skin.”
“In middle school, we are all so damn insecure. It was the worst time for me, really destructive, like slapping myself across the face but loving it. Now I have to be an adult and change myself. I have to be a bigger person.”
“When I get hate mail, I get really down on myself, and I read it to my mom, and my mom is like, 'So what? Who cares? These people don't know you, so you can't take the praise or the hate to heart.'”
“Tina Fey could run this country before Sarah Palin could!”
“DJ Qualls and I have been best friends for I don't even know how long - since I was a kid, 14, 15, many, many years.”
“I think for women especially, writing and creating your own role, producing, directing - having some control over what you do is really important. We can pave the way for other women to send what messages they want sent.”