Writing down goals makes you think of what is achievable. It really makes you reflect on what you are today.

When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.

If we're talking about being skinny or losing weight, I don't have that problem; it's genetics.

The best part of work is always working with people and getting to know them and having the sense that you're not actually working.

I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don't necessarily have - such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed.

The people that live in my hometown do not walk along the street with smiles on their faces. It is a desperate place, but I got out.

I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.