I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance.

In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human.

What [Franz] Kafka says about the Tower of Babel: In the beginning there were actually many languages, and then as a punishment God gave the world a single language. And then they stopped understanding each other.

My loyalty to my people, to our people, and to Israel comes first and prevents me from saying anything critical of Israel outside Israel… As a Jew I see my role as a melitz yosher, a defender of Israel: I defend even her mistakes… I must identify with whatever Israel does – even with her errors.

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.

Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.

Even if people tell me they have historical proof [that it is not historical], that doesn't really bother me.