It is true that the sky was always beautiful but I don't remember marvelling at sunset or gazing at the dawn of a new day. Survival does not allow time for poetic reflection.

For any human being, freedom is essential, crucial, to our dignity and our ability to be fully human.

Tragedy cannot be the end of our lives. We cannot allow it to control and defeat us.

...you shouldn't hate something you don't know, because it may turn out to be the bearer of your greatest good fortune.

It is human nature to seek revenge in the face of relentless suffering. You can’t expect an unhealthy person to think logically.

Anger and violence in Gaza and among Gazans is completely predictable. In a situation like ours, the absence of violence and anger would be abnormal. All of of us feel angry at least occasionally.

...you shouldn’t hate something you don’t know, because it may turn out to be the bearer of your greatest good fortune.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

Don't waste inspiration

life without a purpose is like an unsharpened pencil

I really don't have a specific idea of where I want my career to go, I just have an idea of wanting to continue to work and work on things that I like and think are good.

Conservatives and companies condoned Rush Limbaugh's 2006 attacks on Michael J. Fox for campaigning about stem cell research.

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

I just look at what's the most fun thing I can do next. I'm not looking to prove anything, or to break out or to break away. I feel so lucky, honestly, that I'm still working.

It seems to me that whatever else is beautiful apart from asbsolute beauty is beautiful because it partakes of that absolute beauty, and for no other reason. Do you accept this kind of causality?

I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.

Reality is in the business of killing off fiction.