My anger rises up within faith and not outside it.

I'd almost say hope isn't what it used to be. It's very difficult today to be a teacher. I speak to children. And tell them, look, no matter what, you must have hope. You must. When I invoke Camus, who said when there is no hope, you must invent hope. . .hope is something that is not what God gives us. It's like peace. It's a gift that one can give to one another. Only another person can push me to despair. And only another person can push me to hope. Its my choice.

I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.

All those - or most of those - who went through the experience during the Second World War - they want to remember more - more and more. It's never enough because we feel that we have to tell the story. And no one can tell the story fully.

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

I think [Sacrifice of Isaac] is the most important event in the Bible except for Sinai.

I think so. 9/11 has been a turning point in American history, there's no doubt about that.