The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance. Isaac Bashevis Singer on death
I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens. Isaac Bashevis Singer on environmental
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it. Isaac Bashevis Singer on nature
Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. Isaac Bashevis Singer on religion
I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day. Isaac Bashevis Singer on thankful
The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance. Isaac Bashevis Singer on war