I ended up injuring her with a knife I had on me. I can't really remember what happened.

I didn't tell anybody about my plan because I was convinced my family or friends would stop me. I didn't think much about what would happen afterwards.

I wanted to choose somewhere public, because I was scared of the KGB.

My parents came to visit every two months and brought plenty of books.

After that I couldn't show my face outside. I lost my identity and balance. I was still living with my parents, and they were my only friends. For so many people, this thing with the nurse was confirmation that I must be mad or mentally ill.

The defence and air defence ministers were both replaced and more than 2,000 officers lost their jobs.

You have to be young to be able to do things like that. Now I'm more cautious. I'm proud that I was able to do what I did - psychologically it was a great wall to climb - but sometimes I regret it.

I ended up injuring her with a knife I had on me. I can't really remember what happened.

Imprisonment hit me so hard - much harder than I had thought.

I had thought about landing in the Kremlin, but there wasn't enough space.

I approached Red Square three times, trying to find somewhere to land, before discovering a wide bridge nearby. I landed there and taxied into Red Square.

Once this key conflict is eased, it will have a huge impact on the world. It will take time to find a solution. It's similar to the situation between East and the West at the time of my flight.

My parents were angry, but they were relieved that I was in good condition. They had been afraid the Russians would torture me. They told me not to do it again!

I moved away for three years and went to Trinidad where I met my wife, Athena.

I now work for a finance company in Luxembourg with projects in South America and the Caribbean.

I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate.

My plan was to land in Red Square, but there were too many people and I thought I'd cause casualties.

I regret what happened. I saw no other possibility to achieve my goal. It was not hooliganism.

I got my private pilot's license in autumn 1986.

I don't have my pilot's licence anymore, but I'm still very political.

The golden rule for every businessman is this: Put yourself in your customer's place.

Novel writing wrecks homes.

And I wasn't a journalist any more than I was a trained nurse.

What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well.

Cut your coat according to your cloth.

Satan is the master distracter. He is always working to keep us off track in our walk with God.

Life should not be estimated exclusively by the standard of dollars and cents.

So much of the physical world has been explored. But the deluge of data I get to investigate really lets me chart new territory. Genetic data from people living today forms an archaeological record of what happened to their ancestors 10,000 years ago.

You have to pay attention to the moments when you've felt on top on the world. I remember the first time I was on stage, I was doing 'West Side Story,' I was 17 and this woman was crying because she liked what I was doing so much.

When someone can, on a worldwide level, make someone laugh, that's power. A lot my heroes - Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell, the Wayans, Adam Sandler - they get it. And I've always felt that Andy Samberg is the future of comedy.

I just don't want to die alone, that's all. That's not too much to ask for, is it It would be nice to have someone care about me, for who I am, not about my wallet.

The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody gives him that, not by a long shot.

Self-reflection is so healthy. Journaling works for me - when I record the details of what I'm going through, whether it's a relationship issue or negative thoughts, I can look back and see how far I've come. It makes me proud to see my progress and how I got through a bad situation.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

These girls play tennis first and foremost, the fact that many of them are very glamorous is a major bonus for any promoter.

Your presence here is is only a matter of conducting an experiment in limits, reminding yourself of what you aren't.

I am an artist, art has no color and no sex.

I did not know it then, but Frida had already become the most important fact in my life. And would continue to be, up to the moment she died, 27 years later.

An adversarial family law system raises the stakes unnecessarily high, exacerbates the antagonism of the couples concerned, and is directly responsible for making it impossible for couples who would otherwise have reconciled to do so.

I was reading Plato's 'The Republic' at age 18, and I can't account fully the electricity that had for me.

When I was 3, I recited a poem at a festival in Passaic, New Jersey. The applause was tremendous, and it hit me that I could affect people positively by performing.

Governments must now take a leading role in moving their nations in the right direction.

In the 1950s we use to feel that television was taking away our comic readership; with today's exciting, powerfully visual movies I have to wonder about their effect on the kids' loyalty to the comic book medium all over again.

The stage is near and dear to me.