Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

I try to see their moral relevance [in the Bible] and, of course, to admire the literary beauty of the text. Prophetic poetry: No one has written the way Isaiah does.

And to write is to sow and to reap at the same time.

From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me.

No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has escaped the kingdom of night.

My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers.

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