Love does not terrify me. But the going away of it does. I have been made terribly aware of how everything can be wrenched away from you and your life torn apart. If I had known very secure nights all my life, if I had never seen or felt the fear of being tortured or deported or blown up into a million pieces, then I would not fear it.

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.

On the one hand maybe I’ve remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a young age I was very aware of suffering and fear.

Your heart just breaks, that's all. But you can't judge or point fingers. You just have to be lucky enough to find someone who appreciates you.

Who thinks you're as fantastic as your dog does?

It is too much to hope that I shall keep up my success. I don't ask for that. All I shall do is my best- and hope.

If we are meant to "love thy neighbor as theyself," then surely we should love the world's children as our own.