Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything.

As much as I can give of myself I give of myself. There's no reason why not. And when I have to hide something, I let the character speak.

They still believe in God, the family, angels, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other obsolete stuff.

In the history of old Jewish literature there was never any basic difference between the poet and the prophet. Our ancient poetry often became law and a way of life.

No doubt the world is entirely an imaginary world, but it is only once removed from the true world.

I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons and new perspectives--philosophical, religious, aesthetical and even social.

When a day passes, it is no longer there. What remains of it? Nothing more than a story. If stories weren't told or books weren't written, man would live like the beasts, only for the day.