Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere. Chaim Potok beautyculturefind Change image and share on social
Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things. Chaim Potok continuehappytalk Change image and share on social
But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet. Chaim Potok awareexperiencehuman Change image and share on social
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. Chaim Potok agoawarebring Change image and share on social
I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it. Chaim Potok chipcreatefigure Change image and share on social
I don't work on my Sabbath. I write five-and-a-half or six days a week. Chaim Potok dayhalfsabbath Change image and share on social
In other words, Judaism is not Calvinism. Chaim Potok calvinismjudaismword Change image and share on social
What I have in advance are people I want to write about and a problem or problems that I see those people encountering and that I want to explore - it all proceeds sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph, and scene by scene. Chaim Potok advanceencounterexplore share on social
As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge. Chaim Potok hungryknowledgespecies Change image and share on social
A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of non-fiction is not as difficult to write as a work of fiction, but it's not as satisfying in the end. Chaim Potok difficultendfiction share on social
