"If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments."

"We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children."

"We must believe in free will — we have no choice."

"I am a vegetarian for health reasons—the health of the chicken."

"As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behavior…"

"Life is God's novel. Let him write it."

"I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day."

"I don't invent characters because the Almightly has already invented millions… Just like experts at fingerprints do n…"

"A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise… Because that is how life is — full of surprises."

"Take three quarts of duck's milk..."