I have faith in the Torah. I am not afraid of truth.

…everything has a past. Everything – a person, an object, a word, everything. If you don’t know the past, you can’t understand the present and plan properly for the future.

Seeds must be sown everywhere. Only some will bear fruit. But there would not be the fruit from the few had the many not been sown

Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a difference.

Yes, there is some thought about making a film of My Name Is Asher Lev.

I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it.

It is impossible to fuse totally with a culture for which you feel a measure of antagonism.