You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy.

Sometimes during a ballet I'll look around and see all these rows of intent faces, concentrating on this beautiful thing up on the stage.

The right of a minority is so important in a democracy.

I never went to a ballet until I was 45 years old. I don't know why.

The moment the curtain rose on that first ballet, I knew something wonderful and new had come into my life. I can still see the first scene. The ballet was Divertimento No. 15

In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the better our choices should be and the better, in theory, our democracy should be.

I try to have a mood or a rhythm for a chapter.