“The novels I planned to write were never going to be funny books about...” — Howard Jacobson Quote

“The novels I planned to write were never going to be funny books about Jews. They were going to be country house books. Only later on could I write what I knew I was best at writing about.”

“To any young person starting out on life and looking to make a quick fortune, I have this advice: forget banking, but go instead into security, scaffolding, or urban trench digging. Not in a hands-on way. I mean start a company.”

“To my ear, the term 'comic novelist' is as redundant and off-putting as the term 'literary novelist'.”

“When you see another tall woman on the street, you nod, sort of like Orthodox Jews.”

“I don't want to make people hate Israel or hate Palestine or hate Jews or hate Muslims.”

“The whole upbringing was interesting because we grew up Orthodox Jews all the way until we were teenagers.”