“'The Chosen,' if you recall, was based on the Chaim Potok novel and fe...” — Lisa Lutz Quote

“'The Chosen,' if you recall, was based on the Chaim Potok novel and featured Robbie Benson's persuasive performance as a Hasidic Jew.”

“I tend to start books with a very broad outline, but I always leave room for happy accidents. With 'The Passenger,' there were perhaps too many of those.”

“The sense of not knowing where I came from let me be as smart as I wanted to be.”

“Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.”

“I went and campaigned for Ken Cuccinelli and did a fund-raiser for Ken Cuccinelli. He's not from my faction of the Republican Party, but you know what? When the nominee is chosen, we have got to come together, or we will never lead.”

“When I got the confirmation that I had been chosen for 'Fukrey,' it was the happiest moment of my life.”