Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.
A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.
I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
Life is a tragedy full of joy.
The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.
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.
Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
We have two lives the one we learn with and the life we live after that.
Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.
If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.