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
And these two elements are at odds with one another because Freud is utterly adversary to almost all the ways of structuring the human experience found in Western religions. No Western religion can countenance Freud's view of man. Chaim Potok adversarycountenanceelement 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
And yet there are some magnificent things from Freud, profound insights into the nature of man. Chaim Potok freudinsightmagnificent Change image and share on social
In other words, Judaism is not Calvinism. Chaim Potok calvinismjudaismword Change image and share on social
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
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
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. Chaim Potok advanceagonydiscovery Change image and share on social
Yes, there is some thought about making a film of My Name Is Asher Lev. Chaim Potok asherfilmlev Change image and share on social
It is inconceivable to me that a million or three million or half a million human beings will think and feel precisely the same way on any single subject. Chaim Potok beingfeelhalf Change image and share on social
