As a post-Holocaust kid, growing up in a neighborhood with a lot of Jewish refugees, I had got the idea there were no Jews left in Europe. But I found in my European wanderings that many of them had gone back and rebuilt their lives.

Food is interesting to me because it's a way of understanding culture and societies and history. I would never write about food just as food. Just like I would never write about baseball just as baseball.

One of the things I am most proud of is refusing to serve in the military when drafted during the Vietnam War.

I wanted college to be a real American adventure for me.

I don't love being Leader of the Green Party. It is not really something I'd recommend to a good friend. It's not fun.

I demand a lot from myself and reflect this attitude upon others: I consider it to be an important quality for a leader. I also think it is impossible to achieve success without persistence.

Players will get you above average. To get to the elite, you need culture and leadership.

The National Action Party, in many ways, emulated the PRI in the way in which it conducted itself in government, supporting corporatist leaders, supporting corrupt oil worker union leaders.