"It was life under the Soviet system - we were struggling with every big problem. Publicly, my parents had to queue up to buy food, but were able to live secret lives in their private rooms. With the TV set in the living room, we were able to see Western pop culture -a different reality from what we were living. For me, it was like two different universes existed at the same time, and we got used to being in these parallel universes."

“Art is not for the personal satisfaction of one or the other, but art wants to return all what's in life... Art wants to give back everything what's in our lives. The more comprehensive the artist stands in life the more powerful his work will speak, and therefore a work of art is a measure of the mental size of his creator.”

Source : "Bram van Velde, A Tribute, Municipal Museum De Lakenhal Leiden, Municipal Museum Schiedam, Museum de Wieger", Deurne, p. 44, 1994.

“I talk to my parents everyday and every move that I make, every endorsement that I do, every film that I do and my everyday activities are all discussed with them.”

“April brings the primrose sweet, / Scatters daisies at our feet.”

Source : Sara Coleridge (1839). “Pretty lessons in verse, for good children; with some lessons in Latin in easy rhyme”, p.7

“Universities hire professors the way some men choose wives - they want the ones the others will admire.”

“If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.”

Source : "Congressman flies U.N. flag". San Francisco Chronicle Interview, www.wnd.com. May 27, 2003.

“International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence.”

“Romance, like alcohol, should be enjoyed but must not be allowed to become necessary.”

“The only way to understand the difficult parts of the Bible is first to read and obey the easy ones.”