Bulgaria, I reflected as I walked back to the hotel, isn’t a country; it’s a near-death experience.

My family's from Eastern Europe.

Vienna is the gate to Eastern Europe.

Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of most of the communist party governments of Eastern Europe.

We should never forget that Hollywood was built by Europeans, and the old Jewish boys from Eastern Europe.

I look back at the 1990s with its light-wash jeans, and I'm like, 'What...?'