We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.

Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about critics.

Of course I believe in free will. Do we have a choice?

When literature becomes overly erudite, it means that interest in the art has gone and curiosity about the artist is what's important. It becomes a kind of idolatry.

We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.

I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.

One can find in the Yiddish tongue and in the Yiddish spirit expressions of pious joy, lust for life, longing for the Messiah, patience and deep appreciation of human individuality.