It is a general rule that when the grain of truth cannot be found, men will swallow great helpings of falsehood.

We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves, we try to prevent it. We know we can't win, but we're driven to give him a good fight.

The pessimism of the creative person is not decadence but a mighty passion for the redemption of man.

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.

A story to me must have some surprise...I must have a passion to write the story.

It is a fact that the classics of Yiddish literature are also the classics of the modern Hebrew literature.

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