Quotes from Stephenie Meyer

As far as expense, I think if 'Twilight' does well enough, then we should be able to do the big expensive stuff for the sequels. I mean, we have to have werewolves, there's no way around it. They have to be there.

Today is the first and last day of forever.

It was nice to be alone, not to have to smile and look pleased; a relief to stare dejectedly out the window at the sheeting rain and let just a few tears escape.

My life was an unending, unchanging midnight. It must, by necessity, always be midnight for me. So how was it possible that the sun was rising now, in the middle of my midnight?

My life and his were twisted into a single strand. Cut one, and you cut both. If he were gone, I would not be able to live through that. If I were gone, he wouldn't live through it, either.

I was in disbelief that I'd just explained my dreary life to this bizarre, beautiful boy who may or may not despise me. Bella Swan

Sometimes ideas feel like they were already there, and that you're just discovering them.

When you can live forever what do you live for?

It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author would feel that way.

Hasn't anyone ever told you? Life isn't fair.

I feel like humor is a part of life. I don't think it comes through as much in the novels as it does in my head.

When I was 8, I was reading 'Gone with the Wind' and 'Pride and Prejudice' and all that, not knowing it wasn't my reading level.

You're my life now and I will do anything to protect you.

With 'The Host,' I think the actors could be really big names. That would be cool. I'd love to see Robert Redford put on a beard and be Jeb; he would be amazing... Matt Damon has some very Jared-esque qualities, and then Casey Affleck as Ian and Ben Affleck as Kyle. Imagine the interplay.

There was a different ending to 'New Moon' originally. It was a much quieter book. It was very much all in Bella's head.

And then writing, it was like I just found it, you know? Like you just found your favorite flavor of ice cream, all of a sudden there it is. 'This is what I should have been doing for the last thirty years. What was I thinking?' So I was, then I was in and then I had to just keep going with it.

Time means little; I never notice its passing.

But it's possible to love more than one person at a time, Bella. I've seen it in action.

Try not to trip. We don't have time for a concussion today.

Edward thought he was going to ruin Bella's life and he made her happy. And that really was everything for him.

Before I tell you my story," Jasper said. "you must understand that there are places in our world, Bella, where the life span of the never-aging is measured in weeks, and not centuries.

More than my own life

It was the first time I'd ever felt truly jealous of anyone else in my entire life.

Mike's eyes narrowed shrewdly. "Don't kid yourself, Bella. The guy's head over heels for you." "I know," I sighed. "Life is complicated." "And girls are cruel," Mike said under his breath.