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

Quote by Elie Wiesel

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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes...

I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes...

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not...

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not...

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never...

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never...

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation....

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation....

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship...

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship...

No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom...

No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom...

Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on...

Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Every piece of writing... starts from what I call a grit... a sight or sound,...

Every piece of writing... starts from what I call a grit... a sight or sound,...

I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.

I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect,...

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect,...

The more we write the less we die.

The more we write the less we die.

I write constantly, but only in my journals. I have three of them: one for...

I write constantly, but only in my journals. I have three of them: one for...

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't...

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't...

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all...

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all...