16 quotes found
“If I am not for myself who is for me?”
“If not you, then who? If not now, when?”
“Whatsoever thou wouldst that men should not do to thee do not do that to them.”
“If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? But when I am for myself, then what am I?”
“If I am not for myself who is for me? And if I am only for myself what am I? And if not now when?”
“Good literature boils down to two things: How interesting is the story you are telling, and how interesting is your telling.”
“An important feature of good characterization in a novel is that the characters are dimensionalized and are not all of one piece. Human beings, as Singer noted, have contradictions.”
“God hardening Pharaohs heart causes the world to fear God and not think they can sin to the point at which they want to repent.”
“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?”
“The challenge of the writer is to transformartistically and imaginativelya unique personal experience into a universal, meaningful story.”
“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?”
“What is hateful to yourself, do not do to your fellow man. That is the whole Torah; the rest is just commentary. Go and study it.”
“God hardening Pharaoh’s heart causes the world to fear God and not think they can sin to the point at which they want to repent.”
“The challenge of the writer is to transform—artistically and imaginatively—a unique personal experience into a universal, meaningful story.”
