Sincerity seems to be a problem today. I'd rather be true and hated than be false and fool people.

I can't draw a line between myself and stuff that I do. It's funny, I don't want to sound like it's just about this, but really with everything I do, it's hard for me to take myself out of it.

I want to make books. I want to take pictures and then write all over the pictures. And then I don't have to say a complete story, because I have the picture, and I have just a word.

People who call me the Twilight girl and mean it. Please, pigeon hole me. That means I did it right.

Don't let other people's conversations about what you're doing or you've done be part of your own conversation.

I was so sensitive and touchy in a way that my character would never be. I was so protective and defensive of young girls, and sex in general.

It's very rare that you get to play a character over the course of so many films. Bella meant a lot to me and she will always be such a formative event in my career. I grew up with her and she and I have been on this great journey together. I also see many parallels between her evolution and my own because I lived through so many things along the way while playing Bella and having this connection to so many people involved in making the films over the years. It would be impossible for me to separate my world from Bella's.