I'm far too middle-class to morally object to a paying job..

Nothing good comes out of depression..

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia..

Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so..

Yes. I've been asked to pose nude, but I never have, and I probably never will..

So many see themselves as aggrieved; so few see themselves as aggrievers..

Everybody calls everybody a spy, secretly, in Russia, and everybody is under surveillance. You never feel safe..

Jen, we did it. Everyone's free now..

Nothing good ever comes without a price..

You can't get it right, until you make it wrong..

I am a writer, not a transcriber..

I've lived my life dealing with everybody. And that's how it's always been for me..

Germans, Frenchmen and Englishmen can say of themselves: "I am the state." I cannot say that. In Russia only the people in the Kremlin can say that. ….

The main problem is that many support the United Russia Party without even agreeing with its ideology - or even having an ideology of their own..

I'm voraciously looking to express myself in my work. I love my work..

Frankly, once I've eaten a thing, I don't expect to see it again..

When I sing, I always relive a part of my life..

When I turn on the TV in Russia I see a general calmly claiming that our missiles are ahead of the latest American models by three five-year plans. I….

On its own, having escaped my grasp, the spool I had loosed was unwinding..

Political stability was at most a factor in assessing developing countries or Russia. It is now also an issue in Western democracies..

Will loved to gallop..