Because the completion of labour service was a precondition for permission to study at the university, I was able to begin my studies of Germanistics and Classical Philology during the summer term of 1939.

The war is not planned. I don't believe that any responsible person plans it. But it's thought as possible.

Literature has its own life, even in a dictatorship like the Soviet Union.

Humor is really one of the hardest things to define, very hard. And it's very ambiguous. You have it, or you don't. You can't attain it.

Winning the Miss India Earth 2013 title proved to be a stepping stone for a career in modelling and, eventually, films, though I didn't aspire to become either a model or an actress.

My theory has always been, if you take care of your business today, take care of the job you have at hand, whatever else comes down the road will be there for you.

It might seem difficult to separate my artist and my writing career, but for me, it's just music.

I want people to know me through the movies I do. I want to be judged on that. If you start becoming famous for your personal life, that's when your career goes away.