I have hope in people, in individuals. Because you don't know what's going to rise from the ruins.

People say I'm such a pessimist, but I always was. It never stopped me from doing what I had to do. I would say I'm a realist.

I'm lucky to have met so many people who have been involved in peace and who have been peace prize winners.

I've been obsessed with stopping people from blowing each other's brains out since I was ten.

Social change really cannot happen unless people are willing to take a risk, and they were. And I was so moved by that, and of course by the way that he spoke, that made a huge dent in my belief system and my spirit.