Ron Silver

If you don't think you want to go on a train and read the paper every day and work from nine to six at night, there was something about the uncertainty when I was younger which was very attractive.

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.

I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

A player cannot become a world champion overnight. To become a champion, a player has to sacrifice a lot and to devote much of his time practising and training.