“I began to learn who I was, what exactly I wanted to do, and started running toward this goal from that moment.”

“I wanted to run away from everything but I wanted to run towards something too. Don't you see, dear, how it was?”

“I'm often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I'm running? I don't have a clue.”

“I am a runner. That's what I do. That's who I am. Running is all I know, or want, or care about.”

“I believe you have to start with a craft; you don’t just start with a dream. You’ve got to put a lot of work in. If you want to pursue acting, then you go to acting class. If you want to be a dancer, then you learn to dance, which is what I did. If you want to be a ventriloquist or join the circus … When you’re young, you start looking at what you want to do—not just who you want to be, but what you want to do. And I think the tenacity to say, “I’m going to perfect that,” is the beginning of a work ethic...”

“The moment I stopped allowing doubts to paralyse me, I started to do what I never could imagine.”

“I started doing paintings of landscapes in private and wanted to show people what I could do, and to really do that, I needed to do portraits, so I started practising.”

“You're my sister," he said finally. "My sister, my blood, my family. I should want to protect you"- he laughed soundlessly and without any humor- "to protect you from the sort of boys who want to do with you exactly what I want to do.”

“What do I really want to do, and what will help me continue to be creative, and what will lead me towards being the artist that I want to be in the end.”

“I was infected with my desire, my resolve, to make it in broadcasting. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and how.”