As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behavior toward creatures, all men were Nazis.

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance.

A story to me must have some surprise...I must have a passion to write the story.

It is a fact that the classics of Yiddish literature are also the classics of the modern Hebrew literature.

There is a plan to this universe. There is a high intelligence, maybe even a purpose, but it's given to us on the installment plan.

There is a permanent amnesia planted in us, which just as we keep forgetting our dreams, we sometimes keep on forgetting our reality.

We are all God's creatures-that we pray to God for mercy and justice while we continue to eat the flesh of animals that are slaughtered on our account is not consistent.