I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful.

I have a tremendous respect for Professor [Frank Moore] Cross.

In my tradition, one must wait until one has learned a lot of Bible and Talmud and the Prophets to handle mysticism. This isn't instant coffee. There is no instant mysticism.

Next to him lay his violin, trampled, an eerily poignant little corpse.

The deeper the nostalgia and the more complete the fear, the purer, the richer the word and the secret.

You shouldn’t act as a spokesperson for someone who’s trying to impose his will on you.

Now, when I hear that Christians are getting together in order to defend the people of Israel, of course it brings joy to my heart. And it simply says, look, people have learned from history.