A man has to construct, invent, his freedom.

The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course

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

Some men are by nature explorers; my nature is to stay under the same moon and stars, and if the weather is wet, under the same roof. It's a strange world, why make it stranger?

I am somewhat of a meliorist. That is to say, I act as an optimist because I find I cannot act at all, as a pessimist. One often feels helpless in the face of the confusion of these times, such a mass of apparently uncontrollable events and experiences to live through, attempt to understand, and if at all possible, give order to; but one must not withdraw from the task if he has some small things to offer - he does so at the risk of diminishing his humanity.

The great thing about writing: Stay with it ... ultimately you teach yourself something very important about yourself.

There are no wrong books. What's wrong is the fear of them.