I didn't want to be an immigrant. I was forced to be an immigrant. Alexis de Tocqueville, the French writer, said that the powerful and the happy never go into exile. He was right.

You have to show reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.

Hate is contagious. A few seconds after Donald Trump has told me something hateful, somebody else repeats it. He has legitimized what people only dare say in their kitchens and bedrooms.

Elie Wiesel says that neutrality only helps the oppressor, never the victim. And I think you can apply that to journalism.

What I find most interesting about the U.S. is this idea of equality.

Happiness for me is the people whom you love, love you back.

My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made.

There was a point in time when I was in dire need of changing the way the model agency was working.

While reason is puzzling itself about mystery, faith is turning it to daily bread, and feeding on it thankfully in her heart of hearts.

Writing is the starting point from which all goodness (and crappiness) flows.

Scared ya, did I? Aw, that's sweet. Don't worry the shocks won't kill me," she whispered. "They only make me stronger. Anyway, it was worth it to give that cow a black eye, ya know?

Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.

One should have the courage of one's loneliness.

How can you know it's the best, if you don't learn about anything else?

I work and work and if I have a surplus I book a holiday.

Through all the drama - whether damned or not - Love gilds the scene, and women guide the plot.

I am active in brain storming with our people, our strategists, in Thailand.