I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.

Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe.

The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs

And this is one of the major questions of our lives: how we keep boundaries, what permission we have to cross boundaries, and how we do so.

The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.

Since ideology is part of the human personality, it deserves a place in the kingdom of eternal truths.

The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.