My greatest wish — other than salvation — was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One I could read again and again, with new eyes and a fresh understanding each time.

Slice a pear and you will find that its flesh is incandescent white. It glows with inner light. Those who carry a knife and a pear are never afraid of the dark.

How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence.

Truth is a nebulous thing. There are certain, definite truths, but the truth of our lives goes far beyond facts.

Time is an illusion that makes us all pant.

In my youth, it was my good luck to have a few good teachers, men and women, who came into my head and lit a match.

A house is a compressed territory where our basic needs can be fulfilled close by and safely.