Whenever I'm in trouble, I pray. And because I'm in trouble all of the time, I pray almost constantly.

The characters have their own lives and their own logic, and you have to act accordingly.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

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.

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise... Because this is how life is full of surprises.

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.

When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.