Whatever you think in life... think higher and feel deeper.

Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.

I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.

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

There is no word in Hebrew for religion, by the way.

Which is worse? Killing with hate or killing without hate?

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