One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism and acts of punishing terrorism. It has not happened that way.

Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.

Audiences are audiences.

No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation.

I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it to be wrong.

In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event.

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.