Curious, how each one of us secretly carries his private cemetery around with him and watches it filling up with ever new graves. The last one to be our own.

A writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the reality's of life.

To be a Jew is a destiny

Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings.

To me, writing is not a profession. You might as well call living a profession. Or having children. Anything you can't help doing.

patience is an integral part of talent.

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.