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.

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.

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.

There is great treasure there behind our skull and this is true about all of us. This little treasure has great, great powers, and I would say we only have learnt a very, very small part of what it can do.

Men want all women to lie down as whores and get up as virgins.

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

The Jewish people have been in exile for 2,000 years; they have lived in hundreds of countries, spoken hundreds of languages and still they kept their old language, Hebrew. They kept their Aramaic, later their Yiddish; they kept their books; they kept their faith.