"It's always easier to learn something than to use what you've learned. . . . You're alone when you're learning. But you always use it on other people. It's different when there are other people involved."
Chaim Potok was an American author and rabbi known for novels about Jewish identity and tradition in modern life. His best-known works include The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev. Potok's fiction became widely read in both literary and religious communities.