If you didn't work for the government or yourself, you worked for the railroad.

We had lots of boyfriends, but I think they really came to see our mother.

Our house was where the whole neighborhood congregated. Mother and Dad made everyone feel so at home, so welcome. We didn't have much, but we always knew how to make our own fun.

A government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation funds filmmaking there, and I wrote several screenplays but never got any money. They were sent back to me, and they said that they were too commercial for them.

We're always concerned when the government is maintaining databases of private information and personal information that's really none of the government's business. When a private entity does it, it's a different matter, but it always raises concerns about our privacy because today they may not be sharing it, tomorrow they may be sharing it with other businesses, with people who may be engaged in using it for illicit purposes.

In a lot of places, there's things that work, but we also know that a lot of things don't work because of the achievement gap that exists.