In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.

Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!

The cry of equality pulls everyone down.

I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.

I've always believed the two best anti-poverty programs are work and marriage.

Marriage can be a magnificent lesson in becoming our best selves; that is true.

Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband and wife, concentrating on their children, fail to notice each other's faults.

On one level, this was the biggest challenge out there - to make a film of this scope, in this amount of time, and to go into a different genre, essentially. Yes, I've done a vampire film, but 'Eclipse' is a very different kind of thing. This is a romantic story, which swings from a darker, more abject feeling to very pure romantic scenes.