"I love Kelly Clarkson."

“By approaching my problems with "What might make things a little better?" rather than "What is the solution?" I avoid setting myself up for certain frustration. My experience has shown me that I am not going to solve anything in one stroke; at best I am only going to chip away at it.”

“I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.”

“The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or a bad movie, it's just to see what you learn for the next one.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“All my other relationships with men, there was so much maneuvering and strategic decisions and stuff.”

“In the quest for comparative advantage, investment will flow towards those countries that can offer more output for fewer emissions. Inaction will cost jobs. Action will support jobs.”

“The sincerity with which you do things, that's what shapes your life.”

Source : Source: www.gq.com

“After the wheel, the best invention is the PlayStation.”

Source : "The Bandinis 2013: an utterly exhaustive review of the Serie A season" by Paolo Bandini, www.theguardian.com. May 30, 2013.

“I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results. I am very happy for all these small children, who have been the biggest group of victims of iodine deficiency”