"My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown up with a sense of complicity in the lives of other people, so there's no virtue in that it's the way one is raised."

"I'm not patient, and some things drive me crazy. In my work, I get incredibly upset when people don't get it right or don't respect others' needs."

"I have a very long relationship with America. My mother grew up there and I felt to some extent that I partly belong there. I was schooled there briefly for about a year."

"I absolutely don't care about my looks and I'm so used to them that I wouldn't change a thing. I would end up missing my defects."

"No, I'm not a lager lout either. I think you have to be a massive football fan to be a lager lout."

"For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I mean balanced relationships, based on mutual respect and observation of each other's rights."

"I want kids to enjoy skating and I think it's a great workout."

"After that, I specifically started writing lyrics. I would like sweat and think and get it all together."