Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth.

But I have felt that to be a Jew was, in some ways at least, to be especially privileged.

don't you hate people who say they're not complaining and then complain?

... home isn't always the place where you were born and bred. Home is the place where your everyday clothes are, and where somebody or something needs you.

There is an interesting resemblance in the speeches of dictators, no matter what country they may hail from or what language they may speak.

Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling.

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.