As a writer, you live in permanent self-doubt; youre on permanent trial.

I have absolute respect for Israel and people in Israel who are critical of their own country.

A few British suffragettes everybody laughed at started the cause of equality between men and women.

As a writer, you live in permanent self-doubt; youre on permanent trial.

I have spent a great deal of my life being part of minorities. Some of the people I admire the most in the world have had the courage to defend, against wind and tide, minority viewpoints in those frightening times when any disagreement with universal conformity is identified as treason.

Nothing good ever happens by itself - it is achieved through striving, though this sometimes bears a high price.

One can criticize the Israeli government, but it is not fair to judge the people of Israel.