I know this is maybe naive, but one day I hope there will be peace in the world. Maybe one day the flowers will come back.

It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant.

Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.

I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.

Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.

I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.

When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.

I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver.

It's not like I didn't do anything for 10 years and chose a new profession. I've been on the ice a lot. I'm not an outsider.

Gone. The saddest word in the language. In any language.

Holy Jesus God, it's the Gerps shootin' us up!" the manager shouted. He hadn't known whether to say Germans or Japs, and came out with both at once.

Being a writer makes you immortal.

Don't Just go to Office and do your Job. Look for Light that can Enlighten your Future.

It's rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for another woman's success.

Undoubtedly the Afghans must be, by our standards, the best-looking people in the world. They have everything; height, proportions, carriage, features and complexion.

I find it difficult enough as it is to keep some kind of normality in my life. I enjoy this experience, but I don't know where I'm going to take my career.

I often use humor as a tool in my writing, and sometimes that works and sometimes it sits alone just as a funny line.

It's like kill or be killed, that's my thing basically.

Spring blossoms are fairy tales, autumn leaves are tragic dramas.