Isaac Bashevis Singer Quote

I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons and new perspectives — philosophical, religious, aesthetical and even social. In the history of old Jewish literature there was never any basic difference between the poet and the prophet. Our ancient poetry often became law and a way of life.


Nobel lecture (1978)


I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons and new perspectives —...

I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons and new perspectives —...

I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons and new perspectives —...

I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons and new perspectives —...