Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.

I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.

I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.