Chaim Potok Quotes
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I'm not altogether certain that a fundamentalism of necessity has to argue that it is the only reading of the human experience in order to stay alive.
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But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet.
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A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of non-fiction is not as difficult to write as a work of fiction, but it's not as satisfying in the end.
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It is never pleasant to be a buffer, Reuven.
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What I have in advance are people I want to write about and a problem or problems that I see those people encountering and that I want to explore - it all proceeds sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph, and scene by scene.
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I don't understand why I wanted to kill you.
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In other words, Judaism is not Calvinism.
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It was senseless, as- I held my breath, feeling myself shiver with fear- as Billy's blindness was senseless.
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Reuven, as you grow older you will discover that the most important things that will happen to you will often come as a result of silly things, as you call them- 'ordinary things' is a better expression. That is the way the world is.
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I don't work on my Sabbath. I write five-and-a-half or six days a week.