Each soul must accomplish its task, or it would not have been sent here.

Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.

I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

There is a quiet humor in Yiddish and a gratitude for every day of life, every crumb of success, each encounter of love... In a figurative way, Yiddish is the wise and humble language of us all, the idiom of a frightened and hopeful humanity.

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.

I believe in free will. I have no 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.