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

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.

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

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 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.

Understand that you can’t achieve your dreams if you don’t connect with people who guide you to improve on upon the skills you have.

I became married at a young age and had two daughters and divorced at 26. I had to go on welfare to make ends meet. I had no way to support myself.

If you are not happy with yourself, even the loftiest achievements won't bring you much satisfaction.

Rather than focus on the negative aspects of change, which is loss, I focus on the adventure of it and say "What's next?"

Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The Grace of God is glue.

Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness

Who let the dogs out? Who, who.

Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

Images adorn our inner life and carry great power there.