Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.

When I came back to power, Georgia was completely isolated on the international stage.

But the Americans have no extra money. They have their own problems. They can provide financial assistance for two, three, four, or six months at most.

The external world is committed to helping Georgia settle its problems.

It was 1975. I had spent the year at the Boston Museum School doing some very bizarre performance works. The last one included going to the North Magnetic Pole and spending all of my money.

One day we will have more inflation, and our bonds will bleed like a pig. The only reason for buying long bonds is short-term or as a desperate haven for terrorized investors. But the potential to make longer-term real money is naught.

So what if I'm sexy? You can still eat tomorrow if you see me and find me sexy. But if I steal your money, tomorrow you cannot eat, and tomorrow you cannot go to school, and tomorrow you'll be a hopeless man.

Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and that's their job. It isn't mine.