I come from a tradition - from the Jewish tradition, which believes in words, in language, in communication.

I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.

There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages which is the result of an original eight hundred pages. The six hundred are there. Only you don't see them.

An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman

I personally have no doubt that the Exodus occurred. How it occurred, I don't know.

I don't want my past to become anyone else's future.

More people are aware of the consequences of hatred. People are aware. Therefore more people are engaged in fighting ... racism and so forth.