It's going to go away because we all need silence. We all need time to reflect and think. I am not at all pessimistic about this.

It is a wonderful truth that things we want most in life-a sense of purpose, happiness and hope-are most easily attained by giving them to others.

In 2011, I announced that I was going to retire, and my agent panicked. So she says: No, no, no. You have to write a book with your husband.

far away from my country I would be like those trees they chop down at Christmastime, those poor rootless pines that last a little while and then die.

We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for the privileged.

The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage and keep only what is essential.

People are afraid of falling in love because they don't want to suffer.