If I had wings I would fly, I'd soar on high where only eagles dareI'd let them rip, I'd let them tear, until all that remained was me bare.

Every bird of prey looks over its shoulder before it goes in for the kill, even a hawk. Even they know to watch their backs – every single one but an eagle. It’s fearless.

A genius is a person who is more observant and has more patience.

Desperation is not an evidence of hard work, it's a sign of lack of faith

I was born at a very early age. As I grew up, I got older... So far though, this is the oldest I've ever been.

Digital for storage and quickness. Analog for fatness and warmth.

You can't manage creativity. You need to manage for creativity. You need to create the space for it to emerge.

What's the trick? There are three of them: A sense of real purpose, a sense of humor, and a sense of constant curiosity. Keep using those to the grave because learning really never ends.

I'm very organized and tidy in my home life and I generally do something myself rather than farm it out to somebody else. I don't have an assistant or anything because I think I can do it myself.

In a way, being an opera singer is like being a very romantic sixteen-year-old who falls in love with great passion and conviction every month.

I'm so disappointed at what's being written and said about Anil Kumble ... He's been around for over 18 years and his achievements do all the talking.

On the whole, Flora liked it better when they were silent, though it did rather give her the feeling that she was acting in one of the less cheerful German highbrow films.