In my world, history comes down to language and art.

Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.

You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them.

After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.

We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.

For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles.

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.