In his memoirs, "Long Road to Freedom," he wrote that he survived during those years of captivity because he always decided to look upon his oppressor as also being a human being, also being a human being.
Emlékiratában, "A szabadság útján" -ban azt írta, hogy azért élte túl a fogság éveit, mert elhatározta, hogy elnyomóiban mindig az embert fogja meglátni, azt, hogy ők is emberi lények.