Artists hold out the mirror to the bruises on the face of the world.

Lovers of literature will look for the remains of the golden treasure in that shipwreck on the bottom of the sea of criticism.

When the Communist Party comes to power, it acts a lot like the mafia: If you are a loyal member in good standing, everything is yours. You're protected, even if you commit a crime.

Arnošt Lustig is one of the leading contemporary Czech fiction writers, and certainly the most important Jewish writer of Bohemia to have survived the Holocaust.

There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced by the age, even something ridiculous; just like everyone, without exception, has weaknesses.

The water doesn't know how old you are.

God’s grace is our greatest need for every good deed.

When you're a kid, you have these big dreams and these big dreams to make a change, or maybe you feel like you can't make a difference

I was clinging to all that had been and, in an ideal world, all that we had hoped for. He, he wanted out.

Of men eternally dear! happy indeed If you have breathing-space From pain: blessed all the more If death should heal you of the pain you fear!

Now, I'm the most impatient person that ever walked the planet. However: for the best, you always wait.

Knowledge helps only when it descends into habits.

Everything in the world may be endured, except only a succession of prosperous days. [Ger., Alles in der Welt lasst sich ertragen, Nur nicht eine Reihe von schonen Tagen.]

The book 'Do You!' is about your inner voice. And when you connect to that voice then you - then the freedom comes. And we're only here to be happy. So happy makes money. Money doesn't make happy.

I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval.