Quote

I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.

Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room.

Exile is like death. You cannot understand it until it happens to you.

I'm Jewish. That's all. So I am in exile all the time. Wherever we go, we are in exile. Even in Israel, we are in exile.

I think to be in exile is a curse, and you need to turn it into a blessing. You've been thrown into exile to die, really, to silence you so that your voice cannot come home. And so my whole life has been dedicated to saying, 'I will not be silenced.'

I'm an exile. My father had the courage to leave with his wife, his mother and three children under twelve. It took more courage to leave, to sacrifice everything for freedom, than to stay.

Exile is not a time frame. Exile is an experience. It's a sentiment.

No matter where I go or what title I may achieve, I will always be the son of exiles.