I have absolute respect for Israel and people in Israel who are critical of their own country.

Nothing good ever happens by itself - it is achieved through striving, though this sometimes bears a high price.

As a writer, you live in permanent self-doubt; youre on permanent trial.

One can criticize the Israeli government, but it is not fair to judge the people of Israel.

Cervantes is the most important Spanish writer. But he is not the most representative of the Spanish. His irony, his sense of humor - they are too subtle to seem Spanish.

A few British suffragettes everybody laughed at started the cause of equality between men and women.

There are two types of stories: public and private.

An idea like equality between men and women, which is now accepted in the West, is quite new.

I couldn't write—or wouldn't write, at any rate—unable to face the grueling self-scrutiny that fiction demands

This stream of watching made what was watched wanted.

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.

They didn't have college scholarships for women. Had they done that at the time, I may have stayed on for another two Olympics, but the opportunities were not available to women that they have today.

Computers don't kill books; people do.

As an American citizen, I'm not asking for any special treatment - the only thing I ask and want is to be treated just like an Illegal Alien.

Most people go through life using up half their energy trying to protect a dignity they never had

Heartbreak is the national anthem. We sing it proudly.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.