Do you know what laughter is? I'll tell you. It's God's mistake. When God made man in order to bend him to his wishes he carelessly gave him the gift of laughter.

If the victims are my problem, the killers are yours.

Even in darkness it is possible to create light.

Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words

This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story - and perhaps into a prayer.

For nearly 3,500 years Exodus has left such an imprint on people's memories that I cannot imagine it had been invented just as a legend or a tale.

I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.