[I] read Anne Frank's diary [while imprisoned] on Robben Island and derived much encouragement from it.

People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if you say, 'We want peace, we want stability,' we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society.

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.

The time comes in the life of any nation when there remains only two choices - submit or fight.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

When I closed THE GRAPES OF WRATH, I was a different man. It enriched my powers of thinking and discipline, and my relationships. I left prison more informed than when I went in. And the more informed you are, the less arrogant and aggressive you are.

[I] read Anne Frank's diary [while imprisoned] on Robben Island and derived much encouragement from it.