I get a lot of fan mail and stuff, and usually it's for me to sign stuff.

People go down bad paths and they make bad decisions, but it's always justified in their head.

I once had someone say to me in an interview, 'You are more ugly on the screen than in real life.'

It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.

People really want to see what I'm up to, and that's crazy. It's a really lovely feeling. It's kind of scary, but a good scary. It's a lovely position to be in.

Whether I like it or not, I've become influential to people.

I'm a little bit awkward on Twitter; like, I'm never really sure what to say.

People don't always do what they say they're going to do.

You know sometimes when you're in a really bad mood and you're not sure why? That's how I get sometimes.

They’re always like, 'That’s not what happened in the books, so the show’s really bad now.' But really, they just feel insecure because they’re used to knowing what’s coming next.

I've never really done acting before, 'cause dancing was my first love. And then, I sort of fell into it from a talent competition and never really looked back.

He slept that night the sleep of a successfully stubborn man.

The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy.

Toby: All right. It couldn't have gone far, right? Sam: No. Toby: Somewhere in this building...is our talent.

For me, writing is exploration; and most of the time, I'm surprised where the journey takes me.

Once there are good sentences on the page, I can feel a loyalty to them and start following their logic, and take refuge from myself.

If you can't write freely and if you can't speak freely in your country, you can be sure that you are living in a very primitive country!

I think in some ways you learn more from the things you don't like than the things you do.

If you love the work, it will love you back.

The doctor knows that it is the prescription slip itself, even more than what is written on it, that is often the vital ingredient for enabling a patient to get rid of whatever is ailing him.

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.