All men are Jews, though few men know it.

As long as a man stays alive he can't tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no checks.

A man had to learn, it was his nature.

Writing is a mode of being. If I write I live.

How can we be strangers if we both believe in God?

To any writer: Teach yourself to work in uncertainty. Many writers are anxious when they begin, or try something new. Even Matisse painted some of his Fauvist pictures in anxiety. Maybe that helped him to simplify. Character, discipline, negative capability count. Write, complete, revise. If it doesn't work, begin something else.

When I don't feel hurt, I hope they bury me.