Sometimes I read that I’m not 100 per cent Chinese, because I don’t look all that Chinese. That’s a strange one – I am Chinese. – Godfrey Gao
I do think that the abiding mystery of my origins has definitely had a profound effect upon my writing. There is that thing in the back of my mind where I think I don’t really know who I am. And it may make it a little easier to shift around in my narrative voice. – Gillian Welch
There are some who want to get married and others who don’t. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead. – Greta Garbo
They’re getting more and more experience on what to expect, and the Hellboy audience is such a faithful and fanatic audience as I am, and you have to really be very open about what you do. – Guillermo del Toro
Even though I am not hungry when I get up, I try to eat to get me ready for the day. Within an hour of getting up. – Henry Rollins
I am thrilled – I can’t stress that enough – thrilled when I see kids getting active. – Harvey Fierstein
I am a freestyle mogul skier who, on February 13, became the first American to win a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. – Hannah Kearney
Journalists are always calling my features Edwardian or Victorian, whatever that means. I am small, and people were smaller in those times. I’m pale and sickly-looking. I look fragile-like a doll. But sometimes I just wish I had less of a particular look, one that was more versatile. – Helena Bonham Carter
I was born in Peru, and we moved to Scotland when I was 15, but I’ve not lived here for a long time. But I would always say that I am Scottish, and Scotland is as close to a home as I have. – Henry Ian Cusick
My first band was an Argentinian folk group when I was 10. When I was 12 I had my electric guitar, and by the time I was 13, the Beatles came into the scene, and that was over. So I have a mixture of all these traditions, and I think that’s who I am, a mixture of everything. – Gustavo Santaolalla
It’s impossible to be someone you’re not, so quit trying. I am as passionate about my hobbies as I am about my work and my family. All three are equally important to me at all times. – Gautam Singhania
I am pushed by my critics. I don’t want to say I want to prove them wrong, but it pushes me on the field to play with a chip on my shoulder, and I play best when I have a chip on my shoulder. – Hope Solo
I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself. – Howard Hodgkin
You can be bound by physical things, as I am by certain sicknesses, but nevertheless you can still be free to recognize that all initiatives really come from yourself if you don’t depend upon structures of government or structures of any kind. – George Woodcock
Well, human security is a concept that I am very committed to enshrining in American foreign policy. – Hillary Clinton
I am not one of those people who believe that MLK achieved more in martyrdom than he could have if he’d lived: imagine what a guiding influence he could have on the world were he still among us. – Hampton Sides
I am, after all, a thriller writer. I routinely delve into the darkest chambers of the human heart. I’ve written about murder, kidnapping, depravity, horror, violence, and disfigurement. – Harlan Coben
There’s no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively – I am one with the people. – Huey Newton
I shall be found with ‘Indians’ engraved on my brain when I am dead. A fire has been kindled within me, which will never go out. – Helen Hunt Jackson
I don’t like abrasion while I’m working. I don’t thrive on chaos. I enjoy what I’m doing, and it seems to work better when I am enjoying it. – Harold Prince
I am writing about people who are alive in the city of New York during mid-20th-century America. And these people are like a character in a play or they are figures in a short story or a novel. – Gay Talese
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. – H. L. Mencken
Boats are something I am very, very passionate about; cars are something I grew up with… I used to race cars since I was a child. – Gautam Singhania
There’s a certain consistency to who I am and what I do, and I think people have finally said, ‘Well, you know, I kinda get her now.’ I’ve actually had people say that to me. – Hillary Clinton
I am knowledgeable enough about the world of prizes to realize that there is a large degree of luck – both for the recognitions that you receive and those that you did not. – Howard Gardner
My parents were very open about what kind of talent I had. They never pushed me to become an accountant because they knew that would be just absolutely ridiculous. So they were encouraging in what I am able to do with some success. – Grace Slick