Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.

Adversity is the midwife of genius.

I'm not really a career person; I'm a gardener, basically.

We've had all the ebbs and flows of any real career. Trust me. We've been at the highest highs and pretty low lows. But that said, we always stay true to who we were. We didn't jump on fads and fashions.

My maxim was, the career is open to talents, without distinction of birth or fortune.

When you feel you cannot continue in your position for another minute, and all that is in human power has been done, that is the moment when the enemy is most exhausted, and when one step forward will give you the fruits of the struggle you have borne.