Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.

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.

Time after time, history demonstrates that when people don't want to believe something, they have enormous skills of ignoring it altogether.

You’ve missed a lot of things. But mostly I think you’ve missed several opportunities to leave. Let me assist you to the door so that you won’t miss this next one.

Visionaries see beyond the boundaries of an eyesight.

Spiritual love is a position of standing with one hand extended into the universe and one hand extended into the world letting ourselves be a conduit for passing energy.

You've got to know the rules to break them.

I'm a wiseass and a smartass, and I always have been.

Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be re-taught when the students become teachers.

My hunger and desperation, being an actor, an out of work actor - my memory of that is as fresh as an open wound.

I never knew the media would be so interested in my personal life.

If I don't have to think about the commercial aspect of it, then I feel like I'm going to make better films.