The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
I am not much about rules, I like to break 'em and don't like to make 'em.
I don't really know if I would consider myself anything in particular. I would say I'm inspired in a Hasidic way, but I certainly don't keep all the customs and rules I once did.
Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
Write what you like; there is no other rule.
It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple.
All my novels are about the ambiguities that lie beneath the sharp edges of the law.
I always like playing with some sort of typical convention or idea and turning it over.
I have rules for everything.
And we had our own laws. I mean, I wrote them. And we had our own customs, and traditions, and proprieties.