There are two methods for the literary study of any book - the first being the study of its thought and emotion; the second only that of its workmanship. A student of literature should study some of the Bible from both points of view.
I have another aspect of my career where I'm a scholar of Yiddish and Hebrew literature, and I'll say that when you study Yiddish literature, you know a whole lot about forgotten writers. Most of the books on my shelves were literally saved from the garbage. I am sort of very aware of what it means to be a forgotten artist in that sense.
I consider Yoda to be just about the most evil character that I've ever seen in the history of literature.
I love how much love there is in the world of young adult and children's literature.
Not a word that I have written about Yugoslavia is denounceable, not a single one. It is literature.
