I Believe In Free Will. I Have

We All Play Chess With Fate As Partner. He Makes A Move, We Make A Move. He Tries To Checkmate Us In Three Moves, We Try To Prevent It. We Know We Can't Win, But We're Driven To Give Him A Good Fight.

The Yiddish Mentality Is Not Haughty. It Does Not Take Victory For Granted. It Does Not Demand And Command But It Muddles Through, Sneaks By, Smuggles Itself Amidst The Powers Of Destruction, Knowing Somewhere That God's Plan For Creation Is Still At The Very Beginning.

When Literature Becomes Overly Erudite, It Means That Interest In The Art Has Gone And Curiosity About The Artist Is What's Important. It Becomes A Kind Of Idolatry.

God Is A Writer And We Are Both The Heroes And The Readers.

The Waste Basket Is The Writer's Best Friend.