No human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?

In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous.

I believe in the story [ of Adam and Eve]. For me, it's a story.

If enough people are sensitive to the tragedy of Tibet, I think it will produce a change politically as well. But furthermore, it's important for the people in Tibet. Now communication is such [that] people know what is happening. Even Tibetan people would know that the Interfaith or the international group of religious people - that everybody who is religious is taking up their cause. It would help them a lot if we give them courage, and that in itself is enough.

I do not deal with the text [of the Bible] scientifically. I read it, I'm interested in its layers of meaning, but my relation to it is much more an emotional one.

Christians call it the "Sacrifice of Isaac," and Jews call it the "Binding of Isaac."

Oh, it is not death that frightens me, but the impossibility of imparting some meaning to my past.