I have never been a professional model; I have had some modeling sessions.

Studying is something I really love doing, and I just hope to have enough money for tuition.

A woman can beat any man; it's difficult to imagine another kind of sport where a woman can beat a man. That's why I like chess.

Chess is changing. I hope chess is getting more popular, more spectacular.

When you stop playing for a while, people tend to forget about you.

It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.

You have to win something for people to think about you.

It's now possible to play and take lessons from any place of the world. The concept of physical distance doesn't exist in the online world, and that is so cool!

If people will be interested in me, they will be interested in chess also.

O God give us serenity to accept what cannot be changed courage to change what should be changed and wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

Nothing has brought me more love, joy and peace than being a good husband and good daddy.

Saudi Arabia has also changed. People today are connecting with each other all across the world through small gadgets and television. It's a different society.

[On the writers she admires:] I prefer dead writers, because I don't see them at parties.

I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

Flaws make us all human, and you're rooting for characters because of those flaws. It's ageless if you're interested in relationships and the way people can or can't relate to each other.

The missing link between animals and a truly humane mankind is man himself, who does not yet see himself as a part of the world, claiming it instead for himself.

We did not happen to be--we were chosen by God to exist.

I had a lot of coaches growing up that were very hard on the kids in the name of building character, but it could have the opposite effect on kids.

The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.