"You either like people or you don’t."

"No, well, I don’t know, I have so many cousins in all directions, I don’t know what a cousin feels like."

"I would have been a ‘lousy imperial princess’, because I would rather shovel sh-- than have to be very charming and d…"

"I can’t say a thing in Russian; I find English hard enough. I know four words in Russian: Da, Net, Spasibo, Dushka (Y…"

"Felix is a 'downright civilian', dressed all in brown, walked to and fro about the room, searching in some bookcases …"

"[About Madonna] I disagree. Nor do I agree with the association of Madonna's name with the title of her LP Like a Vir…"

"I could have had a career in cinema. It was difficult to reinvent myself as a singer. I have a weak voice. I can swin…"

"I do yoga and meditation. I'm a vegetarian and I've given up alcohol."

"It's better to be the one who leaves than the one who is left."

"My recurring dream, for many years now, is of a giant wave about to crash onto a beach where I am with a group of fri…"