The Israeli mentality was totally different to mine. They just didn't understand people like me. They couldn't understand why I had been in a ghetto. We were totally different.

The Armenian genocide was also a Holocaust, but it wasn't my Holocaust.

The Jews in the ghetto were every bit as imperfect as human beings anywhere else.

I have to admit that I'm kind of afraid of Islam.

Fame and me just don't go together. It's not always a fair process.

I felt guilty because I survived.

In Germany people want to make up to the Jews for what happened by idealizing them.

Tis not what you crave that feeds your soul...Tis my sunshine right after the rainWhen my ravishing rays unfold.

I'm such a damn workaholic, that it's interesting to be like, "Oh, what do I do for fun?"

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

That was the challenge. How can you tell the story here and make sure it goes the same way on the other side of the world?

A thing named is a thing tamed.

After that demonstration everybody was thinking, what's going to happen to these wonderful men who have been so useful to us? We have to give people something to do with life.

How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.

To have faith is to believe unconditionally.

I've had an interesting time adjusting to New York. I'm from California and I'm very much a California girl. I feel lucky to officially say I'm bi-coastal.

I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to.