“.. becoming attached to a country involves pressing, uncomfortable questions about justice and opportunity for its least powerful citizens.”

“The more I thought about it, the more I realized that the measure of a country isn't in how its richest citizens fare, but in how its poorest citizens live.”

“It's not a question of getting the opportunities, it's a question of noticing that opportunities are there.”

“The painter paints, the musician makes music, the novelist writes novels. But I believe that we all have some influence, not because of the fact that one is an artist, but because we are citizens. As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved, it's the citizen who changes things. I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.”

“In a country of ideas, consciousness is its' citizen.”

“No one likes an ugly crier. It's uncomfortable for all parties involved.”