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The thing the British hate more than anything else is people who are getting above themselves. There are a hundred different expressions for it all around the country, but it comes down to the same thing: this inherent mistrust of authority, and trying to topple people off a pedestal.

I have to say that my husband and my children are so tough, there really is no space for pretension.

All of the qualities that you need to be a good opinion columnist tend to be qualities that aren't valued in women.

My mother never watched me train in Romania. She wasn't allowed, it just wasn't done back then. My training was paid for by the government. My parents were not at the Olympics with me, either. I never expected them to be.

I'm used to adapting my novels for feature film - it can be challenging to cut and compress three or four hundred pages into two hours of dramatic action.

I've never seen a moon in the sky that, if it didn't take my breath away, at least misplaced it for a moment.

I don't like going where I've already been. Life is a myriad of territories to discover. I don't want to waste time with what I already know.

In London, 'Equus' caused a sensation because it displayed cruelty to horses; in New York, because it allegedly displayed cruelty to psychiatrists.

A great attitude will help you to overcome tremendous adversity and allow you to climb to the highest altitude.

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.

What about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms?

I've become interested in the impact of climate change on the world and the future of energy needs for the developing world.

There is a master key to success with which no man can fail. Its name is simplicity ... reducing to the simplest possible terms every problem.

Obama's the one who never worked a day in his life. He never earned a penny that wasn't public money. How many fund-raisers does he attend every week? How often does he play basketball and golf? I wish I had that kind of time.

Each solstice is a domain of experience unto itself. At the Summer Solstice, all is green and growing, potential coming into being, the miracle of manifestation painted large on the canvas of awareness. At the Winter Solstice, the wind is cold, trees are bare and all lies in stillness beneath blankets of snow.

The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.

We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences.

In the desert, the only god is a well.

I'm such a horror geek, comic geek and action figure geek. I'm inspired by so much - from Hunter S. Thompson and Quentin Tarantino to 'The Dark Knight' and 'Halloween'. Just show me something that doesn't suck, and I'm happy.

Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad.