If there is a single theme that dominates all my writings, all my obsessions, it is that of memory-because I fear forgetfulness as much as hatred and death.

What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories

The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.

Even in darkness it is possible to create light.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.

All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.

To create is to defy emptiness. It is generous, it affirms. To make is to add to the world, not subtract from it.

God knows I've got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don't.

Thoughts are divine.

It's made me cynical at a young age to see how overlooked certain groups I've admired are.

I am Bourbon as a matter of honour, royalist according to reason and conviction, and republican by taste and character.

... she called it a paper town. Like, you know, everything so fake and flimsy.

The man who forms the habit of beginning without finishing has simply formed the habit of failure.

friends are like stars. You do not see all the time, but you know they are there

I don't get a chance to be funny on camera as often as I would like.