How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? "14 or 19."

Which is worse, failing or never trying? “Never trying.”

If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do? “Because we think we have to or that we should”

When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done? “Probably, but I want to change that.”

What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world? “The system. It’s corrupt, and we need to find a system that actually works for the people.”

If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich? “Writing, art in general, helping people.”

Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing? “I’m going to do what I believe in.”

If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently? “I’m not sure, because I never thought I’d make it past thirteen due to depression, but onwards and how I live right now, I would probably live a bit differently and a bit more.”

To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken? “I try and take as much control over my life as possible, but I can’t control everything. I have to let something just happen.”

Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things? “Doing the right things right. “

You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do? “I would call them out on it tell them that what they are saying is unfair. I have to stand up for my friends.”

If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be? “Don’t worry too much, just try and do what makes you happy.”

Would you break the law to save a loved one? “Yes.”

Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity? “Yes, especially in the human body.”

What’s something you know you do differently than most people? “I don’t know how different this is than most people, but somewhere along the line I mostly stopped worrying if doing what made me happy was ‘wrong’ in other people’s eyes, because it’s more important to do what makes you happy as long as it doesn’t hurt people.”

How come the things that make you happy don’t make everyone happy? “Because what makes me happy is difficult for other people to understand and doesn’t always make sense to them.”

What one thing have you not done that you really want to do? What’s holding you back? “There are loads of things, and quite often the reason is that I’m quite honestly a bit afraid. On other things, it’s the system that’s holding me back and not allowing me to do what I want and need yet.”

Are you holding onto something you need to let go of? “Nothing particular comes to mind, and that makes me quite happy.”
If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move and why? “I probably would, at least for a period of time. I’ve always wanted to move to England or Finland. England because I think it would give me more opportunities at some points. Finland because my ancestors are from there and I want to learn the language.”

Do you push the elevator button more than once? Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster? “I don’t, no.”

Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton? “It’s a bit difficult to answer, because I would rather be neither, but I don’t want to worry too much, so I’m going for a joyful simpleton.”

Why are you, you? “Because I can’t be someone else, at least not while being happy.”

Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend? “I’m doing my best at least.”

Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near you? “Losing touch, because even though it’s sad when a friend moves away you can still have a good relationship with them, while if you lose touch with someone, then there isn’t much left, is there?”

What are you most grateful for? “The acceptance from family and friends.”
Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones? “Both sound horrible, but I think I would lose all of my old memories.”

Is it possible to know the truth without challenging it first? “Maybe, but you probably should challenge it to be sure.”
Has your greatest fear ever come true? “I don’t really have one greatest fear, I instead have a few great fears, such as losing someone close to be and being forgotten. While I have never been completely forgotten, I have lost someone close to me, and that horrible.”

Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset? Does it really matter now? “I do remember when I was eleven and suicidal, self harming and depressed. It matters now in the sense that without that time, I would never have been the person I am.”

What is your happiest childhood memory? What makes it so special? “The first thing that comes to mind is when my brother and I ran around the yard with towels as robes and brooms between our legs, playing quidditch. At that point we still had an amazing relationship. I miss those times when we could play together and not fight too much.”

At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive? “This summer or the summer before that, I think. Those were possibly the best summers of my life.”

If not now, then when? “As soon as possible.”

If you haven’t achieved it yet, what do you have to lose? “Friends, family… But if I lose them over this, are they truly my friends and family?”

Have you ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like you just had the best conversation ever? “Yes, actually.”

Why do religions that support love cause so many wars? “Because they take what they holy book says too literal, and they don’t understand that some people believe different things than them and that that is okay.”

Is it possible to know, without a doubt, what is good and what is evil? “No, because nothing is black and white.”
If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job? “I don’t have a job, but if I had, I don’t think I would if it was a job I enjoyed.”

Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing? “More work I actually enjoy doing.”

Do you feel like you’ve lived this day a hundred times before? “No.”

When was the last time you marched into the dark with only the soft glow of an idea you strongly believed in? “A few days ago, I think.”

If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today? “I would visit Stina, my best friend and saviour. She has been great about every thing I have gone through. I would also want to visit my friends from camp and my online friends, those I haven’t seen in a while.”

Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or famous? “No, not if being attractive or famous is all there was. If I could reduce my life expectancy by 10 years in order to make a positive difference, then I would.”

What is the difference between being alive and truly living? “Being alive means breathing, eating, sleeping, going on with life because you have to. Truly living is when you do all those things that makes you happy, you make a difference and you don’t give up.”

When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards, and just go ahead and do what you know is right? “Once you know what you want.”

If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake? “Because making a mistake initially makes us feel bad, like we can’t do anything right. Because many humans don’t think enough and they don’t understand that what’s feels humiliating right now, won’t feel humiliating in a week, a month, a year.”

What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you? “I don’t know, because I always try to live as if there’s no one judging me negatively.”

When was the last time you noticed the sound of your own breathing? “Earlier today.”

What do you love? Have any of your recent actions openly expressed this love? “I love writing, and I love literature. Whenever I write, obviously I express that, but the last tiem I expressed it with such passion in from of people, was when we were barrowing books from the library in school. Anybody who spoke to me could see the passion in my eyes, in my movement, in the way I spoke.”

In 5 years from now, will you remember what you did yesterday? What about the day before that? Or the day before that? “I won’t remember yesterday, but I will remember the day before that because that day was amazing!”

Decisions are being made right now. The question is: Are you making them for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you? “I’m trying my best to make them for myself.”