I'm interested when things are upside down - because there are so many possibilities in that one moment. There is a lot that is exposed.

People in power have to be careful about what comes out of their mouth. They have to find exactly the right word that can't be attacked.

I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity, because I was a goody-goody who never got in trouble. But if I went off in the corner and mimicked the teacher, people loved it.

I think what I am is a "convener"; I like to convene people around ideas.

I have a lot of optimism about new doctors because I think it's really clear that it's a lot of hard work and no guarantee of a lot of money.

For me, first of all, I love people, I love ideas.

Some people study a text very deeply. The people are my text. I study their words and what their words sound like, over and over again.