To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending with those beginnings all of my life - that constitutes the subject of much of my early fiction.

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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...

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 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'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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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'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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...