Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. – Sholem Asch
The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever! – Sholem Asch

Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. – Sholem Asch
The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever! – Sholem Asch
I love the place; the magnificent books; I require books as I require air. – Sholem Asch
The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity. – Sholem Asch
The majority of writers ought to translate themselves; there are but few thoughts that are born translated, that is, clothed with the power best fitted alike to express and transmit them. What we have in the first instance written for ourselves, should be written a second time for others. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847), Literature. First Section: Literature in Gene