I tell people to write the stories that you're afraid to talk about, the stories you wish you'd forget, because those have the most power. Those are the ones that have the most strength when you give them as a testimony.

If we were multilingual, imagine how much you would learn about your own culture, about the sensibilities of what's important in your own culture.

We can have our hearts broken over so much more. It is important to recognize the full spectrum of heartbreak. We can be heartbroken by lost and by disappointment. But heartbreak is not just this negative image we see, it's not this terrible experience that brings no benefits.

I think there's a rule that once you want to live somewhere, you can't find a job.

Sometimes hearing the stories is going to change people's lives much more than if they read it.

That's why it's important to be multilingual, because it teaches you so much about your own language.

When you speak words that are relevant to people, they automatically shut up and you know you are in the presence of some very magical words. It's a gift when someone can listen and be quiet and not interrupt.