How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life.

I paint the way I do because I want to come to terms with the world.

"The world is full of stories, but the best ones are the ones we live."

The causal lens transforms data into knowledge.

Diplomacy requires strategic and long-term thinking to achieve a country's long-term interests and security.

Success is measured not just by profit, but by the positive impact we create.