Now, my novel begins. No, now I begin my novel—and yet I cannot decide whether to call myself I or she.

Alas, the heart is not a metaphor, or at least not always a metaphor.

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

Never allow anyone to stop you from pursuing your most cherished dreams.

How many millions there are who don't want to go to Hell, but they don't want to get off the road to Hell.

Civility is not a specific code of behavior as much as it is a call to unrelenting preemptive thought, and steady effort to care about influence on others.

I think that women are afraid to say they don't want children because they're going to get shunned.

I hope that my new status will be an example of Israeli-Palestinian co-existence, I believe that the destinies of the Israeli people and the Palestinian people are inextricably linked.

God is your safety and your home. You are well embraced." Start living the multi-formity of life from this place. If you can hold on to that, it all becomes one.

Being branded number one restaurant in the world is actually very humbling.

Take care of the people, and God Almighty will take care of Himself.

I used to pride myself on the fact that I kept a house running and never burdened anybody.