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

In other words, Judaism is not Calvinism.

As you grow older you will discover that the most important things that will happen to you will often come as a result of silly things, as you call them --"ordinary things" is a better expression. That is the way the world is.

A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of non-fiction is not as difficult to write as a work of fiction, but it's not as satisfying in the end.

I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.

Honest differences of opinion should never be permitted to destroy a friendship.

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