In other words, Judaism is not Calvinism.

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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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...