They never said you can't do it because you're a woman, so it never occurred to me that I couldn't do it" But she says things are starting to look better for women composers.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

"This was a human error which should never have occurred, and we are going to do everything possible to see that it is never repeated."

VOA: standard.2010.01.23

"The last major event on that fault occurred 250 years ago, so if the fault snaps, it's going to snap by 1.7 meters, and that's about a magnitude 7 earthquake."

VOA: standard.2010.01.13