A man has to construct, invent, his freedom.

Reader, I am myself the subject of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your leisure on so frivolous and so vain a matter.

(Clothes) cannot change a man's nature. He's either kind or he isn't, with or without clothes.

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

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

A man had to learn, it was his nature.

Life is a tragedy full of joy.