Never Cut Loose From Your Longings.

Literature Is Not Made Of Ideas And It's Not Made Of Concepts, Of Psychological Analysis. It's Made Of Words.

Literature Belongs First And Foremost To The Language In Which It Is Being Written. The Very Same Book, Even If It Is Translated Very Accurately, Let's Say From Hebrew Into English Or From English Into Hebrew, Becomes A Different Book Because Language Is A Musical Instrument.

Literature Is About Telling Stories.

I Find The Family The Most Mysterious And Fascinating Institution In The World.

I'm A Great Believer In Compromise. I Know It's Not Popular Among Young Idealists.