Messi is class. There is him, and then there is the rest. What he does is extraordinary.

I play how I feel. I don't have a set way of playing. I get going, looking to create danger.

You have to be mentally strong to withstand the ridicule of other children and the stares of adults.

Sure, Messi and Ronaldo have scored more goals than me. But I won the treble!

Sadly, racial, ethnic, and cultural hatred and intolerance are not just history, they are current events.

Institutions have processes favoring efficiency over loss, and process over people.

When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don’t get to decide that you didn’t.

A romantic, I think, picks the rose and is careless with the thorn.

I think as long as there are folks on the fringe who want to make movies, the indie scene will still be around. I do think it's getting harder to get them seen though.

Throughout my life, I've learned to make choices that make me happy and make sense for me. Even my husband is happier when I'm happy.

With my writing, because I live it, I have to be consumed by it, and that means you have to forget your other life, which is constantly pulling you from your work.

That led me to say that when push comes to shove, I'm against capital punishment.

It’s strange,” Moominmamma thought. “Strange that people can be sad, and even angry because life is too easy. But that’s the way it is, I suppose. The only thing to do is to start life afresh.

Tell that to the marines - the sailors won't believe it.