Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.

And Thou shalt never, but never be a bystander.

The establishment of the state of Israel is not the result of the Holocaust. It is almost a result of the fact that the Holocaust was not totally successful.

The public still repeats, time after time, the silly story that at Wannsee the extermination of the Jews was arrived at.

I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.

The difficulty of accurate recognition constitutes one of the most serious sources of friction in war, by making things appear entirely different from what one had expected.

Even if you are 18, my advice to you is: plan for your future.

Any work of art ... is great when it makes you feel that its creator has dipped into your very heart for his sensation.

A famous writer who wants to continue writing has to be constantly defending himself against fame.

Love is durable. It's like Teflon. ...Trust is like fine china. Secrets destroy trust.

I'm a real sucker for guitars. I've had a crush on many, many a guitarist.

Everything I know, I write about. My only research is what I did.

The shy and the extroverted have this in common — that they both fancy they are the center of attention.

Read! Read something every day. Discipline yourself to a regular schedule of reading. In fifteen minutes a day you can read twenty books a year.