"No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job."

“American television really is pathetic.”

“Bella: How could I live with myself when it’s my fault? None of you should be risking yourselves for me – Jasper: Bella, Bella, stop. You’re worrying all the wrong things, Bella. Trust me on this – none of us are in jeopardy… Our family is strong. Our only fear is losing you. Bella: But why should you – Alice: It’s been almost a century that Edward’s been alone. Now he’s found you. You can’t see the changes that we see, we who have been with him for so long. Do you think any of us want to look into his eyes for the next hundred years if he loses you?”

“What happens is fact, not truth. Truth is what we think about what happens.”

Source : Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.25, Harper Collins

“Every object and purpose of justice is effectually answered, and every supposed inconvenience is effectually rebutted by the law as it stands.”

“Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.”

Source : Tahir Shah “In Search of King Solomon's Mines, Dyslexic edition”, Lulu.com

“It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road.”

“Life offers you a thousand chances... all you have to do is take one.”

Source : "Under the Tuscan Sun". www.imdb.com. September 20, 2003.

“The work evolves when you get another part, and then you're getting called on to solve difficult characters, to inject a note of humanity into them. It's more interesting for me to do that than to stand around and be sunny.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.