If you ever forget you are a Jew a goy will remind you.

The past exudes legend: one can't make pure clay of time's mud. There is no life that can be recaptured wholly; as it was.Which is to say that all biography is ultimately fiction.

The past exudes legend: one can't make pure clay of time's mud.

All men are Jews, though few men know it.

First drafts are for learning what your story is about.

If the stories come, you get them written, you're on the right track. Eventually everyone learns his or her own best way. The real mystery to crack is you.

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.