I used to be so twig skinny that I couldn't eat enough, because I was just naturally skinny. Until I went to China.

We live in a culture where were bombarded with so much noise and so much insecurity.

I fancy myself as being a fairly competent person.

As a culture women are brought up to be fundamentally insecure.

I like crunchy things like Baked Lays.

Hospitality is one of the things the Afghan population is famous for, but nobody says that anymore. Now they're terrorists - and they're not. They're people.

We all need to provide the checks and balances for democracy.