There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

At one time, you could sit on the Rue de la Paix in Paris or at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv or in Medina and you could see a person come in, black, white, it didn't matter. You said, 'That's an American' because there's a readiness to smile and to talk to people.

Hold those things that tell your history and protect them.

The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself. It is said that some people are born great, others achieve it, some have it thrust upon them. In truth, the ways in which your character is built have to do with all three of those. Those around you, those you choose, and those who choose you.

This is my life. it is my one time to be me. i want to experience every good thing.

To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.

My mother is so full of joy and life. I am her child. And that is better than being the child of anyone else in the world.