Each work seems to give me the most trouble at the time I'm working on it.

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But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because...

But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because...

There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later...

There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later...

In other words, Judaism is not Calvinism.

In other words, Judaism is not Calvinism.

And yet there are some magnificent things from Freud, profound insights into the nature of...

And yet there are some magnificent things from Freud, profound insights into the nature of...

Yes, there is some thought about making a film of My Name Is Asher Lev.

Yes, there is some thought about making a film of My Name Is Asher Lev.

A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him...

A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him...

Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has...

Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has...

All of us grow up in particular realities - a home, family, a clan, a...

All of us grow up in particular realities - a home, family, a clan, a...

Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has...

Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has...

I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the...

I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the...

To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending...

To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending...

Well, in The Chosen, Danny Saunders, from the heart of his religious reading of the...

Well, in The Chosen, Danny Saunders, from the heart of his religious reading of the...

I think most serious writers, certainly in the modern period, use their own lives or...

I think most serious writers, certainly in the modern period, use their own lives or...

And these two elements are at odds with one another because Freud is utterly adversary...

And these two elements are at odds with one another because Freud is utterly adversary...

It is impossible to fuse totally with a culture for which you feel a measure...

It is impossible to fuse totally with a culture for which you feel a measure...

Two hundred or more years ago most people on the planet were never aware of...

Two hundred or more years ago most people on the planet were never aware of...

What I have in advance are people I want to write about and a problem...

What I have in advance are people I want to write about and a problem...

If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want...

If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want...

I'm not altogether certain that a fundamentalism of necessity has to argue that it is...

I'm not altogether certain that a fundamentalism of necessity has to argue that it is...

I don't work on my Sabbath. I write five-and-a-half or six days a week.

I don't work on my Sabbath. I write five-and-a-half or six days a week.