Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere

Quote by Chaim Potok

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

I'm constantly revising. Once the book is written and typed, I go through the entire...

I'm constantly revising. Once the book is written and typed, I go through the entire...

Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things.

Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things.

A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully...

A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully...

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.

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 inconceivable to me that a million or three million or half a million...

It is inconceivable to me that a million or three million or half a million...

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 think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in...

I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in...

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...

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...

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, one hopes that if you're really related to the core of your particular culture,...

Well, one hopes that if you're really related to the core of your particular culture,...

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...

In other words, Judaism is not Calvinism.

In other words, Judaism is not Calvinism.