Life (and running) is not all about time but about our experiences along the way.

Nana...how come being happy and making your dreams come true are two different things? Even now, I still don't know why...

I simply don't shine in company. Mostly I prefer to retreat with a book.

With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own.

Facts mean nothing when they are preempted by appearance. Do not underestimate the power of impression over reality.

It's no secret that I didn't love 'An Officer And A Gentleman' then, and I certainly don't love it now, so at least no one could accuse me of being inconsistent.

At weekends, I've been going on long but steady-paced four-and-a-half-hour bike rides.

I've always been a bit of a car freak.

When I'm in a tricky situation I often think: 'What would Beyonce do?' It helps.

Is it not a noble farce, wherein kings, republics, and emperors have for so many ages played their parts, and to which the whole vast universe serves for a theatre?

Petersburg, growing up at home, all by my family and friends, Petersburg really, city-raised me, you know everybody there.