Certain people have wanted to put me behind bars for a long time now. That's part of my work. If I were afraid, I couldn't do what I do.

Everyone says corruption is everywhere, but for me it seems strange to say that and then not try to put the people guilty of that corruption away.

Without any doubt, I am striving for power.

Xenophobia is fairly widespread in Russia.

We've grown accustomed to injustice in Russia. People are constantly being arrested unlawfully.

I don't know why, but Putin has made a ritual out of humiliating Medvedev. Sometimes I even feel sorry for the prime minister.

When men are arrested without any legal basis and for political reasons, it's merely a routine, everyday occurrence in Russia, and hardly anyone has any sympathy.

People hate politicians. And I can understand why.

I'm on the very blackest part of the black list.

People don't believe in positive changes anymore.

I really hate the people in power. I hate them with every fiber of my being. That is what drives me in almost everything I do.

Those who win are those who think they can.

He covered my hand with his. "No matter what happens, we're friends first. I hope you know how much having you in my life means to me.

It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting.

Your empty eyes seem to pass me by and leave me dancing with myself.

Creativity asks you to enter realms with uncertain outcomes. People want to create a safe life for themselves so they try to live without fear and they end up killing their creativity in the process.

There is beautiful in the grotesque.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous.

You know, that might be the answer - to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That's a trick that never seems to fail.

But she is happiest alone. She is happiest alone.

You don't need to be told some things. You can sometimes tell more by a man's silence and the set of his head than by what he says.