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.
Something that is yours forever is never precious
Each work seems to give me the most trouble at the time I'm working on it.
In Russia I went to a great yeshiva, and in America I work in a carnival.
Yes, there is some thought about making a film of My Name Is Asher Lev.
I do not have many things that are meaningful to me. Except my doubts and my fears. And my art.