We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something else.

Peace is our gift to each other.

I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions.

Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.

I'd almost say hope isn't what it used to be. It's very difficult today to be a teacher. I speak to children. And tell them, look, no matter what, you must have hope. You must. When I invoke Camus, who said when there is no hope, you must invent hope. . .hope is something that is not what God gives us. It's like peace. It's a gift that one can give to one another. Only another person can push me to despair. And only another person can push me to hope. Its my choice.

When I have my manuscript finished, more or less, I type it myself, with two fingers. I type fast with two fingers. And then when it's ready, I reread, recorrect, and retype it. Everything is my own work. I do not give it to secretaries or to typists.