I am not aspiring to be a senior bureaucrat. It would limit my freedom.

Newspapers are a centre of public culture. We can’t give in to extortion.

I am probably the biggest equity investor in the history of modern Russia.

I don't believe in democracy by bayonet.

It seems to be in fashion among Russian politicians to blame Berezovsky for everything. Soon they'll be holding him responsible for global warming, earthquakes and tsunamis.

It is not polite for a Russian to interfere in British politics.

I never planned to be rich, frankly speaking. I was more interested in being free, and doing things. And money helps. But otherwise I was never that interested in it.

Owning a newspaper does not confer immunity.

Facts are important to me, not emotions. I would caution against speculation.

Politkovskaya was a known critic of the administration. For this reason, one cannot rule out the possibility that someone would want to blame the government for the murder.

The same things that make you unique in this world, make you a target for the archers consumed by fear and jealousy.

The real potential of electricity lies not in providing social amenities but in stimulating long-term economic development

It makes sense to me that the polyglot wouldn't know what language he dreamed in.

Have you ever been to Colorado?" I frowned. "Is that one of those square ones, in the middle?

I think that just your tastes change as you get older and I think they'll continue to change.

If he wakes up, I swear I’ll do anything. I’ll open gates, I’ll help all the paranormals, I’ll never judge people wearing Crocs again. Just let him wake up. Please.

I've played lots of villains in my time and I think the reason they've been so successful is that they're not two-dimensional. They're not black and white. That's the gig.

Self-education only produces expressions of self.

We were signed to a label that wanted us to remain little girls who appealed to other little girls, who were cute and non-threatening.

What yells out at the US public . . . is the incandescent hypocrisy of so many people who, in the name of free speech, persecute its practitioners if their opinions are conservative.