My fans are definitely my shareholders, and I'm extremely thankful for them.

I'm just thankful that even at a young age, I got to experience something like 'X Factor, ' and I got to meet enough people just to know that I needed to be patient until the right deal came around.

I actually like spending time alone - it doesn't bother me at all.

I've been ignored by prettier women than you, but none who carried the heavy pitchers of silenceso far, without spilling a drop.

The wounds from that time have already become scabs.

Heterogeneous BoDs with independent thinking enforce governance, and diversity strengthens creativity.

It is easier to hold on to a dream than it is to let it go.

I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.

I grew up in a house that liked to be funny. Everybody liked to be funny. My family's been...we've been enjoying each other's comedy for years.

I never thought in my life, I never really thought I would get married. I watched my parents go through a divorce, and I thought, like, this is just not something people are supposed to do.

There seems almost a general wish of descrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist, and of slighting the performances which have only genius, wit, and taste to recommend them.

The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.

It is time my colleagues got real. All British universities doing worthwhile research use animals, and, instead of hiding, they should be boasting of their achievements.