In Serbia a lot of people hate me because they want to westernize, not understanding that the western world is bipolar, with very good things and very bad things.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When people ask me where I am from I never say, 'Serbia.' I always say, 'I come from a country that no longer exists.'
When people ask me where I am from, I never say Serbia. I always say I come from a country that no longer exists.
I had my life threatened by Bosnian Serbs on numerous occasions.
Just because I've got blonde hair and haven't been to Bosnia doesn't mean I'm a bimbo. I am still a serious journalist.
The domination of western values, beliefs and way of life has angered many from the east and in developing countries.
The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
After so many years, I feel more American than anything else, but I'm also Romanian and whatever other oddities of temperament I picked up elsewhere, in Transylvania or France, for instance. These days, everybody is both an exile and a resident - they don't call it the global village for nothing.
I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to brutal force.
Parts of the world can be very hostile to differences, social or artistic.
God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much more conceited, only young in a certain puerile vanity more like senility than anything.