Quotes from Nikki Reed

I write because it feels good, and I don't have a deadline, and I don't have people telling me what they want me to write. Maybe if I did, I wouldn't be very good at it.

I learned how to change a cloth diaper on a raccoon. I was maybe 8 or 9.

My brother and I have matching tattoos on our arms. It says, 'Humility is strength,' in Portuguese and Italian, because my genius brother taught English in both Italy and Brazil.

Some of the greatest moments in life come from moments that are incomplete.

I definitely think that females have a harder time. It's a lot harder to be a girl because you're always in your head. I've heard my brother go and take it out on the football as he says. Whereas girls would rather sit down and over think things.

The great thing about Adele is if you put her on top volume, you actually sound like her while you're singing.

With everything great comes a price, always, right?

I think for women especially, writing and creating your own role, producing, directing - having some control over what you do is really important. We can pave the way for other women to send what messages they want sent.

I've discovered on this journey in the entertainment industry that, especially as a girl, woman... it's really important to try to create your own opportunities.

Parents are in denial a lot of the time - everybody knows what they did as a teenager, but somehow, when they grow up, it all disappears.

My mom and I built a guest house on my property so that my mom could help me fostering animals. I do multiple fosters a month.

My dad is a man that, for as long as I can remember, has kept a book of favorite things his kids say.

Coconut oil mixed with olive oil is what I put on my body every day; I put rose hip oil on my face. If my hair feels dry, instead of going and buying something filled with chemicals, I put egg whites or avocados or mayonnaise in my hair. I leave it on there for an hour or two and I wash it out.

When I get hate mail, I get really down on myself, and I read it to my mom, and my mom is like, 'So what? Who cares? These people don't know you, so you can't take the praise or the hate to heart.'

While most people turn 21 and decide to go out and party, I turned 21 and decided that I was going to become somebody that I never thought I could be: somebody who cares about herself and her body, her future, and her health.

Everyone in my family has some kind of artistic tendency. My great grandmother was a jewelry designer, and her daughter was a ceramic tile muralist.

I do a lot of reading about food and the food industry, so I try to eat locally and go to the farmer's market.

I guess the older I get, the more understanding and forgiving I've become.

I think my mother is my biggest influence. There are so many things I hate about her but at the same time I'm thankful for her. All I know is that when I'm a parent I want to be just like my mom. I can talk to my mom more than any of my friends could talk to their parents.

My brother and I had a lot of freedom growing up, and thankfully, we both turned out OK.

I've done a lot of independent travelling, which hasn't been the best career choice, but it's been a really great life choice.

Once I realized that the only thing I can actually control in this life is my own mind, how I choose to react, feel, and perceive, I felt immediately liberated.

What do I geek out over? I mean, totally, I geek out over Hanson. Duh.

I mostly eat plant-based, so give me an avocado or something, even late at night, and I'll be happy.