Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.

The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

There comes a time in a man’s life when to get where he has to go – if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.

We have two lives the one we learn with and the life we live after that.

If you ever forget you’re a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.

I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.