"The sad thing is that I feel so boring because 'Twilight' is literally how every conversation I have these days begins - whether it's someone I'm meeting for the first time or someone I just haven't seen in a while. The first thing I want to say to them is, 'It's insane! And, as a person, I can't do anything!'"

"I think I'm a bit less inhibited, and not thinking too much before speaking. It's not about being shameful, I'm just a bit more unabashedly myself because of this thing, and it probably started at age 15. I can be around people and say what I think without fear."

"I don't want to make movies for kids, and I don't want to make movies for adults either."

"I'm not ready to get married, but I have a pretty great family and I'd like that too, someday."

"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart."

"The bluebird carries the sky on his back."

"You may make some mistakes - but that doesn't make you a sinner. You've got the very nature of God on the inside of you."

"Every day, the people I meet inspire me... every day, they make me proud... every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth."