They're all spiced or flavored.

They're all spiced or flavored.

We have to be creative. If people get an e-mail with a funny gimmick, they'll be more likely to pass read more

We have to be creative. If people get an e-mail with a funny gimmick, they'll be more likely to pass it on and get involved.

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!

The idea came to me in a dream.

The idea came to me in a dream.

What the government wants is to close down civil society in this country. And that means they have to close read more

What the government wants is to close down civil society in this country. And that means they have to close down us, noncommercial NGOs, which remain the last bastion of the Russian civil society not controlled by the government.

Other villages think we are millionaires, but we are not. We are still living at poverty level.

Other villages think we are millionaires, but we are not. We are still living at poverty level.

They [tax protestors] can pack whatever chambers they want, and they can scream and rant all they want. This is read more

They [tax protestors] can pack whatever chambers they want, and they can scream and rant all they want. This is one vote they're never going to get on their side.

I just don't know what it was.

I just don't know what it was.

[During her sabbatical, she said, she would often sit in her backyard in Venice, Calif., thinking and playing with pine read more

[During her sabbatical, she said, she would often sit in her backyard in Venice, Calif., thinking and playing with pine cones.] I was making little pine-cone people with razor blades, ... That's all I did.