Being a public figure was reserved for movie stars.

My childhood lacked affection and ambience.

I was very sensitive. I liked everything that touched fantasy and beauty. I dreamed of being a ballerina, but Mother said I was too big, too long.

Be careful what you say...you might end up in my next book!

A grown child is a dangerous thing.

I write to make sense of things that dont make sense to me.

I can't see how I'd learn to be a better actor from reading reviews.

Multi-touch-sensing was designed to allow nontechies to do masterful things while allowing power users to be even more virtuosic.

The greatest menace to the world today is the growing, exploiting, irresponsible imperialism.

Growing in poverty imparted a certain DNA in the life of their children.

To me, I read good reviews in lots of papers and bad reviews in lots of papers.

I love to compete. That's the essence of who I am.

Our life must have an aim, but we must also ensure that the direction we take is a good one.