In Paris, I had the pleasure of sitting next to Jane at an intimate dinner party in the Marais where she held forth on her two favorite subjects: gun control (she is all for it) and pollution (against). She's got lots of ideas, and she's not afraid to share them. It is astonishing to hear someone so small talk about matters so large. But somehow, she does it. Pulls it off rather gracefully, in fact.
I felt quite shallow, sitting there with my glass of champagne, admiring the view...