No doubt the world is entirely an imaginary world, but it is only once removed from the true world.

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

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.

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.

Shoulders are from God and burdens too.

Every body resisted (the slaughterer) in its own fashion, tried to escape and seemed to argue with the Creator to its last breath.

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