The saddest day in the world will be the one when she stops pretending.

Everytime I look at a zebra, I can't figure out whether it's black with white stripes or white with black stripes, and that frustrates me.

Love is not a because, it's a no matter what.

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.

There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.

There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.

If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?

‎Pick ten strangers and stick them in a room, and ask them which of us they feel sorrier for - you or me - and we all know who they'll choose.

There is no better feeling than when you write something you know is a piece of you and that, at some point, is going to communicate with someone else.

Germany's like Wisconsin, but with, like, a really bad past.

I don't think a lot of really good films get seen.

I have a flat in Paris and go there a lot, but the Eurostar's much more civilised than flying.

Vampires have been romanticized, and this is bringing it right back to being vampiric. I think there's something sexy and raw about that.

The glow of inspiration warms us; it is a holy rapture.

I don't think we live in a place where we don't want people to be able to say when they disagree with the president or incoming administration.

Living a good life may keep you out of jail, but it cannot keep you out of hell.

I shot a couple of movies in jail, but I was never in jail.

Having a family that loves books and loves to read has always created a common ground for communication.