The bible is not a religious experience for me. This book bundles together the entire culture of Judaism: our language, our history, our geography. God is merely a byproduct of the bible.

It's true that history seems denser than it really is.

Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

A mind that worries about the past is distracted, and a mind that worries about the future is delusional.

A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.

The first thing that you need to deal with is the issue of equity and poverty.

Tears are okay [Morrie Schwartz]

The man who carried out the attack is still in power and still insane, so we shall expect another attack any minute.

Simple, consistent good habits lead to a life full of bountiful blessings.

We demand that the government of Canada force Stockwell Day to change his first name to Doris. "Why do this," you may ask? Because it'll be fun.

Speaking as a writer, I'm not interested in trends, I want to write books that are honest, with characters as true to the inner world of the story as I can make them.

There is neither painting, nor sculpture, nor music, nor poetry. The only truth is creation.