“If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go throu...” — Chaim Potok Quote

“If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A novel is a kind of exploration and discovery, for me at any rate.”

“As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge.”

“Two hundred or more years ago most people on the planet were never aware of any reality other than the one into which they were brought up.”

“The British and American literary worlds operate in an odd kind of symbiosis: our critics think our contemporary novelists are not the stuff of greatness whereas certain contemporary Americans indubitably are. Their critics often advance the exact opposite: British fiction is cool, American naff.”

“I've never read a screenplay in advance. You trust the artist.”

“In the end, playing three or four years in the same team allows you to advance in different facets.”