Writing about a war will always be political writing, no matter what amount of hermetical hide-and-seek or aesthetical operations are involved.

Never too late to learn a language. And the good literature to come with it.

I just feel much more secure about whatever I write if I stand with one foot in reality - meaning if the stories I write about have a core of "this actually (could have) happened."

Something as radical as a war can only be understood (if at all) through the collaboration of journalists, academia, artists and, of course, people.

Greatness of thoughts define greatness. Greatness in actions define immortality.

The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

I do date quite small men. And one large man! Just one.

We have in my country (Russia) a quotation: "It is impossible to make out of apology a fur coat.

I've hung out and dated people I've never even met before.

The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life.

Making college affordable is a really important goal, and my plan will work better than Senator [Bernie] Sanders' plan by everybody who has looked at it.

I think what the president [Barack Obama] understands, and what he's trying to do, is that we have to support the Arab and Kurdish fighters on the ground who are actually doing the fighting.

Leadership is the willingness to put oneself at risk.

For the sensory thinker, the world of the mind bears a direct physical resemblance to the world outside.