I think that we all know what evil is. We have a sense of what's evil, and certainly killing innocent people is evil. We're less sure about what is good. There's sort of good, good enough, could be better - but absolute good is a little harder to define.

I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.

I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. That's a gross generalization, but I think it holds in many ways.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.

The other thing that happened was that we have a tendency to project our own weaknesses onto another woman. I don't think men do that particularly.

The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.