"My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about."

“The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.”

Source : "Random Thoughts". Column at Jewish World Review, www.jewishworldreview.com. July 31, 1998.

“Being pregnant was a lot like being a child again. There was always someone telling you what to do.”

Source : Emily Oster (2013). “Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--and What You Really Need to Know”, p.14, Penguin

“For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are living together in the birthplace of their three great monotheistic religions, a life free from fear, a life free from want - a life in peace.”

“We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can do.”

“A creative idea plus a fresh network is the best way to go from zero to millions.”

“Women are foils to men. It is hard for women to take a lead role even in NGOs for political resistance.”

“I have advocated postal reform for many years. The parliament said it was an absurd argument. The people have said it was the right thing,”

“A technological advance of a major sort almost always is overestimated in the short run for its consequences - and underestimated in the long run.”