A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.
Isaac Bashevis SingerSome of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation.
Isaac Bashevis SingerWhat do these children do without storybooks?" Naftali asked. And Reb Zebulun replied: "They have to make do. Storybooks aren't bread. You can live without them." I couldn't live without them." Naftali said.
Isaac Bashevis SingerThey still believe in God, the family, angels, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other obsolete stuff.
Isaac Bashevis Singer