I'm not frightened of a bit of silence.

At my core, the glass isn't half-empty, it's not even what I ordered in the first place.

I will absolutely say that whatever job I was asked to do, whatever schedule I was asked to work, it is never going to be as hard as looking after a child.

My advice to you is please don't ever sit in your room and lock yourself away because you don't think you're good enough.

I'm naturally quite lazy, and I actually think I'm lax about my career. None of my work defines who I am.

I'm an incredibly negative person, so any form of success is only ever going to be a relief to me and set my default position back to neutral.

Although I was a shy child, I was also a bit flamboyant.

I've realised I need a gnawing, nagging, anxious doubt when I wake at 4 A.M.

Because I was a shy and awkward child, I used humour to deflect attention. It was a controlling mechanism. Because I could use it to control my image.

It's never been a point of reference to look to a man. It's not always a good thing, I suppose, but I think independence is always preferable to dependence.

I do know I'm a control freak.

...it's closeness that does you in. Never get too close to people, son.

There's bound to be a recovery in [capital spending] sometime soon. We have had basically no capital investment for about year. At some point, machinery wears out, and you've got to replace it.

Do you believe in an invisible reality behind appearances?

The wife ought to have the first child and the husband the second, then there wouldn't ever be any more.

That was a great time, the summer of '71 - I can't remember it, but I'll never forget it!

If we would be pure, if we would save Hinduism, we must rid ourselves of this poison of enforced widowhood.

Problems can only exist if they have your attention.

I can’t make this decision for you…this one’s yours. I want you to know, though, that I love you. And I always will. I know that doesn’t help, but it’s all I can do.

Don't invest in anything that you don't understand. Do your research first.