I am obsessive always, even as a child. On one side is this strict orthodox religion, on the other is communism, and I am this little girl pulled between the two. It makes me who I am. It turns me into the kind of person that Freud would have a field day with, for sure.

Television is completely another medium. For me, Lady Gaga and HBO are bringing us to mass culture.

It's okay that we're not perfect. It's okay that we all have problems. It's okay to cry, to show emotions.

I never say Serbia. I always say I come from a country that no longer exists.

In my work I have complete control, but about my life, I don't want to.

I had such an intense relationship to every person. I still see people on the street and we lock eyes, and say "Oh my god!" and we just kiss and stay like that and sometimes cry.

In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible.