I felt there's a wealth in Jewish tradition, a great inheritance. I'd be a jerk not to take advantage of it.

The Talmud is to this day the circulating heart's blood of the Jewish religion. Whatever laws, customs or ceremonies we observe-whether we are orthodox, conservative, reform or merely spasmodic sentimentalists-we follow the Talmud. It is our common Law.

... a war always ends.

When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality.

A writer is nothing but a gray dirt-covered root. The works he sends up into the sunlight are his fruits, and only those are worthy of attention.

The Talmud: Heart's Blood of the Jewish Faith.