My first and biggest love was always fiction writing. But it is a very lonely pastime.

Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they’re no good.

My father - I once asked him what was his greatest achievement. He said his greatest achievement was that he fought in five wars in the infantry, always on the front line, and never hurt anybody.

According to Gur's theory of boredom, everything that happens in the world today is because of boredom: love, war, inventions, fake fireplaces - ninety-five percent of all that is pure boredom.

It's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first.

If you want to learn how to be happy, you have to know what is sadness first.

Rabbits are played. Nowadays it's all about the turtles. Tell them it's a ninja, they'll freak.

The one who swallows cactuses with spines should not complain about hemorrhoids.

Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump.

For three months, a person sits and looks at you, imagining a kiss.

Most of the Jewish writer friends I have are American, and I feel closer to them because they're always obsessed with one issue - identity: what does it mean to be an American Jew?

Whenever you are in transition it is always important to choose the words that you use. You call it crises in your life and I call it transition.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel... just steel the hubcaps.

When you really believe in God, it gives you a courage, a confidence that enables you to meet the things coming.

It is remarkable that jealousy of individual property in land often goes along with very exaggerated doctrines of tribal or national property in land.

Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.

Some affixes are wildly promiscuous.

What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.

My style is ghetto chic. I love tacky jewelry, mega heels, high-waisted shorts, catsuits.

It doesn't pay well to fight for what we believe in.

Do fish get cramps after eating?