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

God is a writer and we are both the heroes and the readers.

If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments.

Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.

We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves, we try to prevent it. We know we can't win, but we're driven to give him a good fight.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. The chasm is never completely bridged. We all have the conviction, perhaps illusory, that we have much more to say than appears on the paper.

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.