Sometimes I think I prefer the storyteller in [Roman Vishniac] to the photographer. But aren't they one and the same?

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.

The spirit of a man shall sustain him in his sick bed.

I feel a little guilty only being an actor.

I don't feel I'm a diva in any way, but, like, I just can't bring myself to reuse eyelashes. I think it's gross. And so I only use them one time. Is that bad? I feel like it's bad!

When a man says, "Get out of my house! what would you have with my wife?" there is no answer to be made.

Writing a first novel was an arduous crash course. I learned so much in the six years it took me to write it, mostly technical things pertaining to craft.

I enjoy working with Deborah Ann, I think she's brilliant. It's been a joy.

It's OK to have wealth. But keep it in your hands, not in your heart.

Respond to stressful times by turning towards each other, rather than away from each other.

Every government is always growing corrupt.

...the fact [is] that our borders leak like a sieve: those things cannot be permitted to continue in good conscience.