The true writer must write not the acceptable but the true.
Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember.
In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.
It's hard for a Jew of my generation, an American Jew, who is philo-Zionistic, not to romanticize Israel.
Art is an expression of joy and awe. It is not an attempt to share one's virtues and accomplishments with the audience, but an act of selfless spirit.
You got an all-out prize fight, you wait 'til the fight's over, one guy's left standing and that's how you know who's won.