"Never be afraid of failure or disappointment, because those are just temporary experiences on the path to your dreams coming true"

“None of the characters I`ve played are really like me. That would be boring. It wouldn`t be acting.”

“My only drive was to be the best dancer in the world, but I never won the world championship.”

“Agony without genius was gaucherie.”

Source : Hortense Calisher (2013). “Mysteries of Motion: A Novel”, p.261, Open Road Media

“Life is meaningless, when we take a life we take nothing of value.”

“Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone.”

“Relax, don't worry, have a home brew.”

Source : Charlie Papazian (2010). “The Homebrewer's Companion”, p.10, Harper Collins

“I like a lot of bass players. I like a lot of tuba players too.”

“I feel sometimes constrained by the expectation that the work should be solely political. I try to create a type of work that is at the service of my own set of criteria, which have to do with beauty and a type of utopia that in some ways speaks to the culture I'm located in.”

Source : Interview with M.I.A., www.interviewmagazine.com. November 19, 2008.