I'm actually embarrassed to tell people I'm Russian these days, because it's become such an awful place.

I'm fascinated by how ethnic communities have assimilated into massive capitalist environments.

It would be nice to live off the land and fix cars.

Every relationship I've been in becomes long-distance because of work. It's never worked out. It puts an intense strain on the relationship, and at a certain point, it becomes too difficult.

Communism destroyed so many generations. I look at my grandparents and their generation, and it's as if their lives were taken from them. It's really sad and frightening that something like that could have happened. But I don't really think of myself as Russian anymore. I didn't even live there for that long.

I'm actually embarrassed to tell people I'm Russian these days, because it's become such an awful place.

I'm not passive aggressive. If something bothers me, I think about it, then I act on it. I express it.