"We use and need to use both systems in complex political societies, and we oscillate in our commitments, because both oligarchy and rule by the will of masses have their bad points, as the ancient philosophers all knew."

“If you want a friend, buy a dog.”

“Every song asks to be sung in a different way.”

“My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.”

“The important thing is not to be masochistic. Women are so hard on themselves. Don't do that. No one is keeping score.”

“When I think of black television and history, I always use The Cosby Show as the bar.”

“By genocide we mean the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group.”

Source : Axis Rule in Occupied Europe preface (1944).

“Falling for him would be like cliff diving. It would be either the most exhilarating thing that ever happened to me or the stupidest mistake I'd ever make.”

“I also did a great amount of writing while doing research. It gave me the opportunity to meet and talk to people other than family, but also to explore my own memory deeper by comparing it to the memories of others who were in my home town during, for example, the political transition from socialism to a nationalistic "democracy" or during the bombings.”