Theodore Bikel

In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace.

It's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.'

No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them.

Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul.