Well, I myself am a 100% atheist. And I am increasingly worried that the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, which dominates our entire life, is assuming a more and more religious character.

What is the alternative to peace? A catastrophe for both peoples [Palestine and Israel].

I have always been conscious of the importance and the strength of nationalism, and this has led me straight to the acknowledgment of the nationalism of the Palestinian people.

Violence [in Palestina] is part of the resistance to occupation. The basic fact is not the violence; the basic fact is the occupation.

I understand people who believe that without violence they will not achieve anything at all.

In order to put an end to the occupation, you must make peace between the Israeli and Palestinian people. This is the real aim, this is the real task.

The dog is the god of frolic.

Just know that as long as your family thinks you're amazing, then you really are amazing.

One of my goals as a professor of English is to teach students to recognize and think critically about what makes something art.

I feel like you can look inside me and see all the places I am odd or unusual and fit your heart around them, for you are odd and unusual in just the same way. We are the same.

I could wish there were a God, if it were only to ask him to bless thee.

With every pill we have prescribed for us we should also be given a creative prayer, a suggested way to correct our destructive patterns of thought.

Be bold, be courageous, be your best.

Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or maybe just shout the loudest, but science hinges upon whether its conclusions resembe what actually happens.

Math and science were my favorite subjects besides theater.

To implement a true urban renaissance, you first need a Grand Design elaborated by strong leadership .