No matter how much you know a human being, you don't know him enough.

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.

What happened was no accident. Everything was preordained. True, the will was free, but heaven also made its ordinances.

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.

Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation.

The more you see what other people do, the more you learn about yourself.

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.