Mordecai Richler

Mordecai Richler was a Canadian novelist, essayist, and screenwriter known for his sharp wit and exploration of Jewish identity in Canada.

"...If I were an angel of the Lord, I would mark the doors of each of my children's homes with an X, so that plague and misfortune would pass over them. Alas, I lack the qualifications. So when there was still world and time enough I fretted. I nagged. I corrected. I got everything wrong."

Mordecai Richler