My father was a writer and an acting teacher.

Now, I'm getting a little older, got more responsibility, I don't need to be depressed.

I'd rather do a lot of movies than a TV series and do a lot of different roles than be stuck in one TV thing.

I don't want to sit and cry for an hour in a movie. I'd rather have an action or a comedy.

I'm not a huge drama person. I think I liked them more when I was younger.

Atreyu comes from a land called Fantasia. It's an imaginary land.

I mean, there are things in the book you could never do in a movie.

The best character types are the ones you can be creative with and totally delve into...

I'm a martial arts buff, so anything martial arts.

It's a little weird exchanging pictures for money. You know what I mean. It makes me a little uncomfortable.

I'm an action fanatic.

Vampires. They wrote the book on possessive.

The habit of questioning authority is one of the most valuable gifts that a book, or a teacher, can give a young would-be scientist.

Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers.

I don't think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it's our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us.

Elizabeth Peyton, the artist known for tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant youth, is now painting tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant middle age.

You are not guilty of anything until you are charged and tried.

It's surely one of the strange phenomena of this decade that the most thoughtful gift you can bring a date is not flowers, chocolates, or ankle-length pearls, but a note from your doctor.

Our actions in the Middle East over the last 15 years have already guaranteed radical Muslims quite enough ammunition to kill Americans for the next century, even if Guantanamo did not exist.

Research and writing are lonely occupations. It is easy to become discouraged in solitary confinement.

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.