As The Son Of Holocaust Survivors, This

I Think There Are Some Artists Whose Works Are Misanthropic.

What Connects Me So Strongly To Israel Is The Fact That I'm Second Generation. My Parents Said, "we Have A Place Where We Can Just Be Ourselves And Nobody Says, 'don't Tell Me Your Opinion, You Damn Jew, Go Somewhere Else.'" Then You Go To This Country And Other Jews Tell You To Shut Up. It's Frustrating. I Think That We Have A Bad Government And That Some People Are Fearful. They're Going With The Class Bully. But I Really Truly Believe - You Read It In My Stories - That Deep Inside, People Have Goodness.

I Think The Typical Way Is That Usually Holocaust Survivors Are Known To Be Very Quiet And Full Of Anxiety, Many Of Them Don't Like Life, Don't Trust People. But My Parents Were Children During The Holocaust. And My Father Was Very Optimistic.

Life Keeps Being A Beautiful And Frustrating Experience.

You Take A Book, And What Can You Do With A Book? Can You Cook An Egg On A Book? No. Can You Dig A Hole? No. Is It A Good Weapon? No. The Fact That It's Good For Nothing Kind Of Makes It Almost All-important.