You cannot write in more than one language. Words don't come out as well.

He wants to see whether we are capable of overcoming out base instincts, of killing the Satan within ourselves. We have no right to despair. And if he punishes us mercilessly, it is a sign that He loves us that much more.

Pain is essential. Often I cannot avoid it.Therefore all one can do is redeem it; and the only way to redeem it is through literature, art, poetry, music.

The primary task of a Jew in turbulent times is to be Jewish.

I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.

There is one right I would not grant anyone. And that is the right to be indifferent.

Words can be turned into spears. They can be turned into prayers. It's a strange world that you are in. But you deal with words.