A man can laugh while he suffers.

..you do not leave a library; if you do what it wants you to do, you are taking it with you.

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

There is not anti-semitism as an ideology. The civilized world must think that anti-semitism is stupid.

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.

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.

Only fanatics — in religion as well as in politics — can find a meaning in someone else’s death.