Leadership is about making tough decisions and standing by them, even when they are unpopular.

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.

"I am not afraid of aging. I am afraid of not living fully."

The future of energy lies in balancing traditional resources and renewable development.

"The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web."