"Every time I see niqabs, I feel very uncomfortable because it's the opposite of my idea of opened society."

“There is nothing to do, just be. Do nothing. Be. No climbing mountains and sitting in caves. I do not even say "be yourself" since you do not know yourself. Just be.”

“'IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO DO IT,' WAS THE TERRIBLE VERDICT. 'IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU ARE A WOMAN AND WOULD NEED A PROTECTOR, AND EVEN IF IT WERE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO TRAVEL ALONE YOU WOULD NEED TO CARRY SO MUCH BAGGAGE THAT IT WOULD DETAIN YOU IN MAKING RAPID CHANGES. BESIDES YOU SPEAK NOTHING BUT ENGLISH, SO THERE IS NO USE TALKING ABOUT IT; NO ONE BUT A MAN CAN DO THIS.'”

Source : Nellie Bly (2015). “The Collected Works of Nellie Bly (Annotated)”, p.103, Golgotha Press

“The use of electronics is a natural extension of the instrument - it is an electric guitar. So we guitarists have been plugging into something since 1931, and we are not about to stop now. Current advances in technology means we can have a huge array of sounds at our fingertips, and this offers amazing possibilities to the contemporary composer. It is always a guitar (I don't play synthesizer) but it becomes something else all together - more like sculpting sound in real time using metal wires, 5 fingers and a pick.”

“We tend to do period stuff because it helps make it one step removed from boring everyday reality.”

Source : Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, William Rodney Allen (2006). “The Coen Brothers: Interviews”, p.129, Univ. Press of Mississippi

“Most animal experimentation is useless.”

“To be successful, innovation is not just about value creation, but value capture.”

Source : Twitter post from Sep 25, 2015

“The work is the most fun; it seems illicit how much fun it is.”

“Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.”