The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it.

A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts.

The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it.

The wild, cruel animal is not behind the bars of a cage. He is in front of it.

The wild cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it.

You cannot be a good doctor without pity.

Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity.

I'm very attracted to the great open spaces of the West.

I don't care what other people think any more about me writing my own parts.

It's very important to me that people accept me as a transgendered female. But it's ridiculous to a lot of people and I understand that.

When I was 17 or 18, I realised I could do something with boxing.

You don't want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven't done what I do. Most book reviewers haven't written 11 novels. Many of them haven't written one.

French laicite is probably aggressive and antagonistic to the religion, but there are other models of secularism in the world where there could be reconciliation between religion and secularism.

The desert is cold early in the morning. Laying down on that sand is like laying on a block of ice.

I think I'm realising that careers for tennis players are very short. On the women's side now, players are starting to peak later on, but the average age is about 31, 32 when you finish playing, so I want to make the most of it while I'm young, fit, and healthy. I don't want to waste any time.

Florence Nightingale was an amazing figure. She created the American Red Cross. She saw the suffering from bad health conditions on the battlefield and in the military hospitals, and she fought like crazy to change the conditions; to make sure that the doctors washed their hands and practiced sanitary measures. She put herself at great risks.

When people compliment my cooking, it's like somebody telling me that they like my music. And it's great to be known for something else.

Illness and problems are the specialties of life. But the death of a child is a cause of mental agony which can be overcome if one concedes this world to be a stage or stadium wherein praiseworthy are those who are not proud of their achievement and those who do not cry at their defeat.

So much of our mythology around money centers on the illusion that if we had 'more,' we would be more comfortable and more able to access our creativity. But creativity and prosperity are spiritual matters, not fiscal ones.

Human societies, like human beings, live by faith and die when faith dies.

The only people that you really have that I learned are your family because they love you no matter what.

I had braces for six years! Kids would call me 'big teeth' or 'rabbit teeth.'

To do a great right do a little wrong.

Even as a small child, I wondered why the Dominican nuns who educated me were subservient to the Jesuit priests who educated my brothers.

'Don't Look Back' is my first YA contemporary mystery/thriller. It's been described as 'Black Swan' meets 'Pretty Little Liars'.

I hope people don't think I'm crazy, because I'm not.

Don’t curse the darkness, light a candle.

If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.

I hope I get an opportunity to work with Akshay Kumar and Prabhu Deva, as they are very supportive people.

Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond.