All our, let's say, incomes are really very well, transparent to those organs who need these information and who are in charge of combating corruption in our country.

You can't treat Russia like a guilty schoolboy who has to put a cross on a piece of paper to show he has done his homework. That kind of language is unacceptable.

We would always disagree with any words like aggression in our address.

The information on a baby born to Vladimir Putin is false. I am going to ask people who have money to organize a contest on the best media rumor.

Russia has never been an aggressor. Russia has always been a country contributing to global stability and security. A country heavily involved in combating terror.

Having contacts with Russian ambassador or with Russian representatives in this or that field does not mean interference in Americans' affairs - domestic affairs.

Fighting with corruption is highly, is an issue, is a problem. It's highly on the agenda in our country.

Of course Russia is, let's say element, of American election campaign, was on the agenda to some extent but the influence of that element could have hardly been critical.

President Putin and President Trump-they both insist on their priority as national interest.

If we're at the lowest point in history, that means we're in a new Cold War.

Any blaming that Russia could have been interfering in domestic affairs of the United States is slander. And it has no evidence at all.

Current "literature" [is] well-written books in which disgusting people do disgusting things to other disgusting people for no apparent reason and with no apparent resolution.

I think people need hope when times are tough. I think they also need escape and adventure and fantasy. Books are like cheap mini vacations.

Idea is not to live forever but to create a life that does.

Stepped out into the cold, collar high, under the slate gray sky. The air was smoking and the streets were dry, and I wasn't joking when I said goodbye.

If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.

The final frontier may be human relationships, one person to another.

I think the pressure to be perfect generally in life has amped up massively in the last twenty years: especially for young people with the advent of social media.

I take much of the attacks and the criticism toward me as being very class-based, but as Americans we don't like to acknowledge that reality.

You can't beat everyone up all the time with the same brush