Herman Wouk Quotes


"The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody gives him that, not by a long shot."
- Herman Wouk
(Related: Mind, President, Quick)

"Discount my partiality, but my report is that so far The Winds of War is looking good."
- Herman Wouk
(Related: War)

"I felt there's a wealth in Jewish tradition, a great inheritance. I'd be a jerk not to take advantage of it."
- Herman Wouk
(Related: Wealth, Inheritance, Tradition)

"I learned about machinery, I learned how men behaved under pressure, and I learned about Americans."
- Herman Wouk
(Related: Men, Americans, Pressure)

"I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge."
- Herman Wouk
(Related: Humor, Challenge, Writing)

"Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality."
- Herman Wouk
(Related: Illusion, Reality)

"Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today."
- Herman Wouk
(Related: Being, Fiction, Tax, Income, Today)

"Judaism has always been a strong interest of mine. My two sons speak Hebrew and are familiar with the scriptures and with rabbinic literature. This is the way we live."
- Herman Wouk
(Related: Interest, Judaism, Literature, Sons)

"Some people think that all the equipment you need to discuss religion is a mouth."
- Herman Wouk
(Related: Religion, People)

"The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns."
- Herman Wouk
(Related: Being, Fiction, Tax, Income, Today)