I've always had this belief that you want to write about universal truths.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
One of the things I've really come to realise is that the chances of arriving at a universal truth are increased if you remain absolutely faithful to the contingencies of your own experience and the vagaries of your own nature.
That's why I write fiction, because I want to write these stories that people will read and find universal.
The truths that are found in the Bible are universal truths. And it shapes who you are and guides you throughout your life.
A Truth is the subjective development of that which is at once both new and universal. New: that which is unforeseen by the order of creation. Universal: that which can interest, rightly, every human individual, according to his pure humanity.
The more uncompromisingly specific you are the more you end up touching the bigger universal truths.
I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
I was always at heart a novelist and wanted to tell a bigger story, so I wanted to create people who told other kinds of truths than literal truths.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
I believe that my own Christian faith does indeed make universal claims.
I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew.