The unwritten letters are the most interesting; they come spontaneously, straight from the heart, and swim away with all the unwritten stories, the uninvented poems. Letters to Chava Rosenfarb (1982)
How wonderful to have a friend who reads, who understands, who offers a critical word that hits the nail on the head. Letters to Chava Rosenfarb (1982)
Don’t worry that at the moment you’re not writing. Live a little! Nothing will be lost—it will come back to you with interest when you’re back at your desk Letters to Chava Rosenfarb (1982)
At times I feel very pessimistic—for whom are we writing? Then I think of you—you, who give so much and receive so little, who go on with your work—and in Yiddish! Who am I to complain? bl Letters to Chava Rosenfarb (1982)