I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons and new perspectives--philosophical, religious, aesthetical and even social.

I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.

What do these children do without storybooks?" Naftali asked. And Reb Zebulun replied: "They have to make do. Storybooks aren't bread. You can live without them." I couldn't live without them." Naftali said.

Literature has neglected the old and their emotions. The novelists never told us that in love, as in other matters, the young are just beginners and that the art of loving matures with age and experience.

To me the Yiddish language and the conduct of those who spoke it are identical.

Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when it’s dark

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