Russia's main weaknesses are inflexibility and dependence on energy resources

Germany is dictating its policy in Europe

Russia does not control oil prices - OPEC does. So Russia is a hostage in the hands of those who control these prices

For my relationships with men to change, I needed to change my relationship to myself as a woman.

The phrases of the Lord's Prayer, "are words we pray, not always because we believe them, but because we WANT to believe them.

Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.

Charter schools are public schools. They're paid for publicly and they're part of the public system. They just have a more independent structure.

Poetry is a kind of magic that very few can create and even fewer can truly understand and appreciate in all its glory.

......so called “composition” becomes a personal thing, to be developed along with technique, as a personal way of seeing.

Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?

Young people can be disruptive and screw up classes. But even if they are being a pain in the arse it's a cry for help - they don't feel like they are being listened to.

If you're put on a pedestal, you're supposed to behave yourself like a pedestal type of person. Pedestals actually have a limited circumference. Not much room to move around.

I don't like seeing myself on television and I don't enjoy filming. What I actually enjoy is thinking about how I am going to express something or how we are going to make the visual metaphor.