I was a hop-around. I hung out with the rockabilly crew, the guys who were trying to be rappers, the funny kids. – Katy Perry
Im kind of a good girl – and Im not. Im a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect. Im a bad girl because I like to tease. I know that I have sex appeal in my deck of cards. But I like to get people thinking. Thats what the stories in my music do. – Katy Perry
It was so draining. Going to parties to rub elbows with so-and-so and act like its no big deal, when really all I was doing was hoping Id have the success they had. – Katy Perry
Oh, I will always be honest with my music. The records are black boxes for me. Like if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I hate, my convictions, my anthems. Ive never let peoples opinions affect the way I write. – Katy Perry
It used to be that you had to make female TV characters perfect so no one would be offended by your portrayal of women. Even when I started out on The Office eight years ago, we could write our male characters funny and flawed, but not the women. And now, thankfully, its completely different. – Mindy Kaling
Some of the writers I admire who seem very, very funny and very emotional to me can develop a closeness with the reader without giving too much of themselves away. Lorrie Moore comes to mind, as does David Sedaris. When they write, the reader thinks that theyre being trusted as a friend. – Sloane Crosley