I love being by the ocean. It stills the voices in my head.

The Internet is a fantastic, strange place where you can write an open letter and be reasonably assured that people are going to read it.

To be emotionally resilient and to overcome your circumstances, not through fighting, but through being courageous and having endurance was something I thought was of primary importance.

Don't you get it? It's the end of the world! That's exactly when you fall in love. When else?

I often make movies that involve depression or deep holes of sadness, although there are also these other great things in 'New Moon,' like this epic set-piece at the end of the film in Italy.

People always want the stars of movies to fall in love with one another.

Modern responses to Cinderella's predicament are interesting. If you're not careful, you'll think, "Well, she's just a big wimp. She should fight for her rights. She should call the government."

I try to put out fires when bizarre rumors get started.

I am a surfer, though quite a poor one.

Having been dumped so many times in my life, I thought I could sympathize with Bellas character.

The reason I make movies now has a lot to do with having seen Star Wars when I was seven years old. That's the formative movie-going experience of my life.

Reform as such is inherently reactionary and perpetuates psychological dependence onthe enemy, while confusingthe true class contradictionsbetween ourselves and the enemy.

It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to to, We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is very important.

Forget that I remember And dream that I forget.

The imagination is a species of knowledge, knowledge that can take the form of discovery.

You’re my religion. You’re all I’ve got.

The truth is rarely as dreadful or as terrifying as what one imagines.

When we love and make loving commitments, we create families and communities within which people can grow and take risks, knowing that hands will be there to catch them should they fall.

The geeks shall inherit the earth.

Bacon is like a good pair of Levi's-it never goes out of style.