When I see a child who is hungry, I see a person who is humiliated.

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 fact of the matter is that you should really stop concerning yourself with writing a book because anyone can write a book that totally sucks. There is nothing special about that.

I don't like to be recognized on the street or in restaurants, and I don't like the whole celebrity thing.

A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.

People think because I went to Yale that that implies privilege, and it is a privilege in the sense that it's an incredible opportunity.

It's estimated that one million girls in India 'disappear' every year.

Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun.

Nothing would improve newspaper criticism so much as the knowledge that it was to be read by men too hardy to acquiesce in the authoritative statement of the reviewer.

I love nature, so I'd love to go out and just look at things and not care what I look like.

I decree today that life is simply taking and not giving, England is mine and it owes me a living.

You see my next door neighbour worships exhaust pipes, he's a catholic converter.