As you know, I am a novelist, and I really want to write novels. But I knew enough about the Dreyfus case to understand immediately why what happened to Dreyfus was not merely a cause celebre from the end of… — Louis Begley Copy Share Image
My views about the safety of Jews in the world have not been changed by the work on the Dreyfus affair or, for that matter, by the work I did on Franz Kafka for the book on him I published… — Louis Begley Copy Share Image
I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my first language. I have… — Louis Begley Copy Share Image
I have no interest in writing confessions, in deliberately baring myself to my readers. I prefer to remain behind a screen. — Louis Begley Copy Share Image
If a comparative-literature major had existed at Harvard College for undergraduates I would have surely gone in that direction. — Louis Begley Copy Share Image
I think that Jews - because they are a distinct, gifted and successful group that differentiates itself from societies in which it lives -… — Louis Begley Copy Share Image
As you know, I am a novelist, and I really want to write novels. But I knew enough about the Dreyfus case to understand… — Louis Begley Copy Share Image
My views about the safety of Jews in the world have not been changed by the work on the Dreyfus affair or, for that… — Louis Begley Copy Share Image
In legal practice, in the representation of clients, I have always felt deeply engaged, serene, and not all inclined to stand aside. I have… — Louis Begley Copy Share Image
I may well do some more polemical writing, if a subject that fires me up comes along. Apart from that possibility, I would like… — Louis Begley Copy Share Image
I'm not ashamed to admit that occasionally I've found myself aroused by my own depictions of sex. — Louis Begley Copy Share Image
