A Marxist has never written a good novel.

Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything.

In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.

There will never be any peace in the world as long as we eat animals.

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

In the history of old Jewish literature there was never any basic difference between the poet and the prophet. Our ancient poetry often became law and a way of life.