I wasn't some weird loner in school, but I definitely wasn't invited to any of the cool parties. Girls didn't like me that much -- I didn't even go to my prom.

I don't mind only kissing Nina Dobrev

With each new character, I find something new about myself that I didn't know before.

Stefan would be so great for her, because it's just so annoying watching those two on screen all the time!

As everybody knows, chicks dig the vampires.

I don't ship anyone. I really don't. I'm not a shipper, but I'm all for men duking it out for a chick.

That love has to always exist.

As I've grown older, the simple pleasure of sitting on the couch with someone you love and watching a documentary is about as good as it gets for me.

The thing I love about being an actor is the ability to travel and experience new cultures.

Every role presents a new opportunity for me to do something different and to explore something different.

When I was 18 I was just absorbing everything around me: whatever happens, happens. I was so naive and willing to ride whatever wave life threw at me.

All good books are about everything, abbreviated.

Make it easy for your customers to do talk to you.

Architecture has a strong link with the movies in terms of time progression, sequencing, framing, all of that.

When life hands me lemons I hand them back and pick something else.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

I can't help but notice that everytime I fly somewhere, other people's planes fall out of the sky.

Life is writing. The sole purpose of mankind is to engrave the thoughts of divinity onto the tablets of nature.

We weren't pushing Black is beautiful. We just showed it.

We make butterflies by feeding caterpillars, not by trying to paste wings on them. Kids need to like themselves the way they are, and we can help them develop a positive self-image.

If you're a freelance writer and aren't used to being ignored, neglected, and generally given short shrift, you must not have been in the business very long.