"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us."

"The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink."

"Unless we remember we cannot understand."

"Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake."

"I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory."

"If you wish to be a writer, write."

"Nothing happens unless first we dream."

"You all want to know what is my dream? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover."