My great lesson from Auschwitz is: whoever wants to dehumanize any other must first be dehumanized himself. The oppressors are no longer really human, whatever uniform they wear.

Formerly an anti-Semite was somebody who hated Jews because they were Jews and had a Jewish soul. But nowadays an anti-Semite is somebody who is hated by Jews.

It's the sound of the sea that makes you believe in mermaids.

No.'It's not a bad word. And it is very important to use at times. Practice saying it in the mirror. It's empowering.

We should not take the blessings of God for granted. We should always be careful to give God praise and thanksgiving for the work that he does in our lives.

I have very limited craftsmanship. And a lot of the stuff I make plays on that.

Prayer means that we have come boldly into the throne room and we are standing in God's presence.

Because in fact I only lived to write, see no sense in life, have only forced "interests," wish every night, not urgently but quite definitely I could just not wake up tomorrow.

The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.

To write history is as important as to make history. It is an unchanging truth that if the writer does not remain true to the maker, then it takes on a quality that will confuse humanity.

If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written.

My style of dressing is extremely personal. I am impressionable only to a certain extent. The rest of it is my personal concoction consisting of my favourite trends.