Holy War is a contradiction of terms.

What would the future of man be if it were devoid of memory?

Weapons means killing. Weapons is ah, I'm simply sensitive to the word.

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

Sometimes I think I prefer the storyteller in [Roman Vishniac] to the photographer. But aren't they one and the same?

How can one explain the attraction terror holds for some minds — and why for intellectuals? . . .In a totalitarian and terrorist regime, man is no longer a unique being with infinite possibilities and limitless choices but a number, a puppet, with just this difference — numbers and puppets are not susceptible to fear.

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