Two people who are true friends are like two bodies with one soul

… the world will indulge you just so long Asher Lev. Then it will stop. You will simply have to grow accustomed to that truth.

In Russia I went to a great yeshiva, and in America I work in a carnival.

…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.

I get up around 6:30. I work from about 8:00 to 1:00, take a break for lunch, work again until about 5:00, and then go for a long walk and have dinner. Then, if my wife and I have no previous plans, we decide what to do for the evening.

It's always easier to learn something than to use what you've learned. . . . You're alone when you're learning. But you always use it on other people. It's different when there are other people involved.

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