The Holocaust is not a cheap soap opera. The Holocaust is not a romantic novel. It is something else.

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.

Did you bring me a rat?""He has no time for rats, George.""No time for rats? That's just sad.

I just always think, 'Do I like it?' And if I like it, maybe other people will come and like it too.

I tell the person I won't take a picture or sign the autograph, but I will shake their hand. That kind of personal touch is all they're really seeking.

Religious doctrines do not and clearly cannot be adopted as the criminal code of a state.

My original goal was just to do stand-up but then I became interested in films - writing a film, shooting one someday, and getting to act in them.

Creativity asks you to enter realms with uncertain outcomes. People want to create a safe life for themselves so they try to live without fear and they end up killing their creativity in the process.

Republics, like individuals, who are benefited by personal sacrifices, are proverbially ungrateful.

Instead of a homeland I hold the metamorphoses of the world.

Luck is statistics taken personally.

We should never use the truth to wound.