When I have my manuscript finished, more or less, I type it myself, with two fingers. I type fast with two fingers. And then when it's ready, I reread, recorrect, and retype it. Everything is my own work. I do not give it to secretaries or to typists.
Elie WieselFor in the end, it is all about memory, its sources and its magnitude, and, of course, its consequences.
Elie WieselAnything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.
Elie WieselMan, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins.
Elie WieselDid I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness?
Elie WieselHow 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.
Elie Wiesel