I'm always interested in learning something new.

Many professors tell you that you'd be good at this or that, but they don't always help you with that career path.

Everything was so new - the whole idea of going into space was new and daring. There were no textbooks, so we had to write them.

I see a picture right now that's not parallel, so I'm going to go straighten it. Things must be in order.

When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!

We cannot create observers by saying 'observe', but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.

I have a characteristic since my childhood. I don't like living together with my mother, sister, or friends at my home. I have always preferred to be alone and independent and lived according to that.

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.