As the Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel warned years ago, to forget a holocaust is to kill twice.

It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history.

Books are the ultimate way for writers to reach immortality.

When you believe you have a future, you think in terms of generations and years. When you do not, you live not just by the day — but by the minute.

It's much more difficult to work on a broad subject than on a specific one, because even if it's hard to find the information, if you look hard enough for something specific you will find it, and you will discover things that you wouldn't have thought of before.

I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.

They probably do have an Asian Barbie.