A Marxist Has Never Written

We Write Not Only For Children But Also For Their Parents. They, Too, Are Serious Children.

Writing Has Power, But Its Power Has No Vector. Writers Can Stir The Mind, But They Can't Direct It. Time Changes Things, God Changes Things, The Dictators Change Things, But Writers Can't Change Anything.

I Was Brought Up To Believe In Free Will. Although I Came To Doubt All Revelation, I Can Never Accept The Idea That The Universe Is A Physical Or Chemical Accident, A Result Of Blind Evolution. Even Though I Learned To Recognize The Lies, The Clichés And The Idolatries Of The Human Mind, I Still Cling To Some Truths Which I Think All Of Us Might Accept Some Day.

To Me The Yiddish Language And The Conduct Of Those Who Spoke It Are Identical.

When The Time Comes I Will Go Joyfully. Whatever May Be There, It Will Be Real, Without Complication, Without Ridicule, Without Deception.