I don't really care how I sound.

I just want to have fun.

I feel like when the task is more difficult for me it's more exciting.

You have to go through rough patches to achieve great things

I like to go shopping, to the movies, all the girl stuff. Just a normal girl.

Trying your best is bringing your best... that's the way to do it! Desire and passion is everything.

That intensity, that feeling of the battle, heat of the moment: personally, that's what I live for.

Nobody will tell me what I can or I cannot do.

I always take things step by step and match by match.

I wouldn't say I let myself down, just sometimes it doesn't go your way.

My grandmother is the person who inspires me the most.

If we knew what is already there, there will be no need for research.

Three rules to obey!1. Don't be over-impressed by your past glories! 2. Don't be scared by your future stories!3. Be hopeful to get out of today's miseries!

I...think it much more supportable to be always alone, than never to be so.

I may have one need that you could fulfill if you'd like..." he said.

To me, it was clear proof of the existence of supersymmetry, the idea that every particle has a partner. She was mine.

Many people are afraid to talk about race because it's so emotionally loaded. We don't have the vocabulary to talk about it. Every day, our vocabulary seems more and more inadequate.

There are writers who go their whole lives and never hit that No. 1 spot.

Brave? Or stupid?" Roger shrugged. "I've never been quite sure where brave stopped and stupid began, myself.

If golfers can run around and crow when they make a birdie, I think it would be just as proper to lie down on the green and cry when you make a bogey.

I was very conscious of race as I was writing. I was lucky to have spent real time in Portuguese Africa, but I am white and my main characters are white, outsiders at sea in the "Dark Continent."