An old head upon young shoulders.

A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Nothing is better than eternal happiness. So eternal happiness is beaten by a ham sandwich.

As poor as a church mouse.

Don't rush into any kind of relationship. Work on yourself. Feel yourself, experience yourself and love yourself. Do this first and you will soon attract that special loving other.

I write so that my handful of pebbles, cast daily into still waters, will produce a ripple.

The creation of a painting takes as much trickery and premeditation as the commitment of a crime.

In life, man proposes, God disposes.

Without somehow destroying me in the process, how could God reveal himself in a way that would leave no room for doubt? If there were no room for doubt, there would be no room for me.

Human beings actually have quite a bit of willpower. They don't know too much about it, but they have quite a bit.

Jewish people have given me all the breaks you can possibly have. But of course, it's wonderful when you feel that your own nationality has made it. It gives you hopes.

People who think they're free in this world just haven't come to the end of their leash yet.

If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my first choice was an actor, but if I couldn't be that, I'd want to be a superhero.

I've never actually been a collector. I like the learning-curve, but I buy things, sell them to finance other things.