I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.

You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable.

Between 1991 and 1997 I had really serious asthma.

This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.

Realise there is always somebody else in the World who's not coping as well as you are.

Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness. There's something particularly exciting about being the hunter, as opposed to the hunted. And that can make for powerful energy.

I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are.

I am very determined and the sport is my passion. I believe I am born for running.

Peace, unity and harmony!

I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.

My story has resonated around the world. I am just Catherine, I just like to run. And I'll run with opportunities.

He (the immigrant father) would walk by proxy in the Elysian fields of liberal learning.

I've heard of such a legend!' I gasped. 'A child descended from a union between Christ and Mary Magda

A writer off-guard since the materials with which he works are so dangerous can expect agony as quick as a thunderclap.

Nothing could have prepared me for the realization that I was a mother ... when I knew I was still in a state of uncreation myself.

Rhubarb: essence of stomach ache.

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare.

I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder

There's a certain amount of tyranny in all of us to some extent, and in some people it's much more developed than in others. It's a different balance which makes us all different.

To do today's work well and not to bother about tomorrow is the secret of accomplishment