"I think songwriters are more related to fiction writers. The Odyssey was a story in song. To me, that's so beautiful, all those painted characters, all those travels and adventures."

-- Regina Spektor

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“If you have peace of mind, when you meet with problems and difficulties they wonâ€™t disturb your inner peace. Youâ€™ll be able to employ your human intelligence more effectively. But, if your mental state is disturbed, full of emotion, it is very difficult to cope with problems, because the mind that is full of emotion is biased, unable to see reality. So whatever you do will be unrealistic and naturally fail.”
“It's not that I don't like people. It's just that when I'm in the company of others - even my nearest and dearest - there always comes a moment when I'd rather be reading a book.”

Source : Maureen Corrigan (2007). “Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books”, p.10, Vintage
“I used to go home at night and just shake, because I had no idea that's what acting was gonna be.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I believe that, by taking an extreme approach, you really get the public to actively engage with a cause or a research ,and that is what motivates me with space exploration.”
“Directors like Satyajit Ray, Rossellini, Bresson, BuÃ±uel, Forman, Scorsese, and Spike Lee have used non-professional actors precisely in order that the people we see on the screen may be scarcely more explained than reality itself. Professionals, except fo the greatest, usually play not just the necessary role, but an explanation of the role.”
“Champions are everywhere, you just have to train them properly”
“The worst thing you can do is nothing. (re: teaching children with autism)”
“People have been reading photography as a true document, at the same time they are now getting suspicious. I am basically an honest person, so I let the camera capture whatever it captures whether you believe it or not is up to you; itâ€™s not my responsibility, blame my camera, not me.”

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