Desperation Quote by Stefan Zweig

A writer has a difficult fate, but a Jewish writer has an especially difficult fate. His soul is torn; he lives on two streets…

— S. Ansky

“life for the Jews still in Germany was becoming increasingly unbearable. ”

— Ferris Smithers

Here lies a plain and simple Jew who wrote in plain and simple prose.

— Sholom Aleichem

To be a Jew is an act of the strenuous mind as it stands before the fakeries and lying seductions of the world, saying…

— Cynthia Ozick

Writing does not cause misery. It is born of misery.

— Anonymous

If you are not a writer, you will not understand the difficulties of writing. If you are not a writer, you will not know…

— Mem Fox

“Writing is hard. Not as hard as not writing. Not writing is torturous, bloody, chaotic and a gruesome winless battle. A writer who writes,…

— Jamie Weise

I don't consider myself a Jewish writer.

— Ellen Ullman

Writing is a refuge from unhappiness, but has its own sorrows.

— Mason Cooley

“About Jews: The phenomenon of why Jews have kept the unanimity of a distinctive culture is because combination of the persecution and specific Jewish…

— Leo Pevsner

This is every writer's nightmare--the sudden breakdown of meaning in the language that sustains and supports us...

— Dan Simmons

There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry.

— Mark Twain