Herman Wouk

Judaism has always been a strong interest of mine. My two sons speak Hebrew and are familiar with the scriptures and with rabbinic literature. This is the way we live.

I learned about machinery, I learned how men behaved under pressure, and I learned about Americans.

The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.

The only true non-conformists are in the asylums; the only radically free spirits are in the death house awaiting the chair. We live by patterns.

I felt there's a wealth in Jewish tradition, a great inheritance. I'd be a jerk not to take advantage of it.

Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.

Write a page a day. It will add up.

Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality.

The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody gives him that, not by a long shot.

Some people think that all the equipment you need to discuss religion is a mouth.

The Navy is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots. If you're not an idiot, but find yourself in the Navy, you can only operate well by pretending to be one.

Discount my partiality, but my report is that so far The Winds of War is looking good.

I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge.