"I wanted [the book 'There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?'] to be colorful. I wanted it to be evocative. I wanted a figure of a black woman that the reader has to confront."

“Johnny Sain don't say much, but that don't matter much, because when you're out there on the mound, you got nobody to talk to.”

“Don't get too set on becoming an actor at an early age. I think that's where some people get into trouble. Acting becomes their life. I don't want that.”

Source : "Freddie Highmore Talks ‘Toast,’ Working With Helena Bonham Carter And Growing Up". Interview with Crystal Bell, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 15, 2012.

“I’m an openly gay man playing an omnisexual hero, who is loved on both sides of the Atlantic. How could I not be proud of that?”

“In the next decade, we need to think and act like revolutionaries. We have to innovate, not merely imitate. We will succeed not be following the footsteps of the incumbent, but by introducing new dimensions into play. We need Singaporeans who can lead the way in creating new wealth for our economy.”

“Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world.”

“I do like to hang out in the corner and keep my eye on the party, or be outside in a smaller group.”

“Intimate singing had a wonderful style in the '30s and '40s. It came out of Broadway and the jazz of Louis Armstrong and Billie Holliday. But Sinatra created the best romantic era that we've ever had.”

“Often in the search for your destiny you will find yourself obliged to change direction”