Isaac Bashevis Singer

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

Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.

Strange as these words may sound I often play with the idea that when all the social theories collapse and wars and revolutions leave humanity in utter gloom, the poet — whom Plato banned from his Republic — may rise up to save us all.