Humanity is mediocre. The majority of women are neither superior nor inferior to the majority ofmen. They are all equal. They all merit the same scorn.

Feminism is a political mistake. Feminism is a mistake made by women's intellect, a mistake which her instinct will recognize.

The best way to determine a person’s character is to judge them when their world is falling apart.

The thing I believe in most in the world is my own fallibility, so I am willing to believe that I may be wrong too.

Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life.

Liberty is the power that we have over ourselves.

I feel like, even in this crazy world of Trump getting elected and these things that really kind of caught me off-guard, I feel like I understand less than I did.

For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.

I have not asked for life. But I try to accept whatever life brings without surprise. And I shall depart again without having questioned anyone about my strange stay here on earth.

What makes a hero truly great is that they never despair.

I tend to work in layers. There's a huge orchestra in the film, but I also record a lot things with very intimate groups, and I like to be able to use the textures of those intimate groups.

Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match)