Sholem Asch — American Novelist born on November 01, 1880, died on July 10, 1957

Sholem Asch, also written Shalom Asch or simply Shalom Ash, was a Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language that settled in the United States... (wikipedia)

The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever!
An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote that it appears like a vision.
The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity.
Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.