I couldn't sit down and write a novel or a short story - even now - because of my dyslexia. But I learned narration through movies.

Twilight is about getting older and relationships - not about a murder mystery. It's about love when you reach a certain age; nothing is in primary colors.

Having one perfect thing was less important than having a range of ideas, realizing they were all taking you in a certain direction.

My education was an education by movies.

In America, people rarely stay in the town where they grew up, rarely stay in close proximity to their parents throughout their lives. You rarely find parents in their old age being taken care of by their children.

Style is the most ephemeral thing I know. It's not about how effective you are it's about how you are effective.

I'd like to know what law is it that says that a woman is a better parent, simply by virtue of her sex.