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

Quote by Chaim Potok

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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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

I get up around 6:30. I work from about 8:00 to 1:00, take a break...

I get up around 6:30. I work from about 8:00 to 1:00, take a break...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...