I've wasted the last five years of my life dealing in religious articles. People today find spiritual solace in ballroom dancing.

I always lived in old buildings, and I thought about who lived here before. You'd have to be oblivious not to.

The click [of a light switch] is the modern triumphal clarion proceeding us through life, announcing our entry into every lightless room.

I never wore a watch. I always depend on public clocks, and stores have clocks, but that is strange.

I live in an apartment building built in 1925, and it hasn't been heavily renovated, so I feel very much connected to that time and what went on in that place.

A picture story just doesn't run like a film. It doesn't have 24 frames per second. It doesn't deal with this illusion of movement.

I was born Moishe Ketzelbourd but the Indians call me Maurice Cougar.

Goat curry and a female librarian, that's what I'm in the mood for.

I'm very interested in music and where these sounds of Western music come from.

I think Jewish history did away with a priesthood when the Temple was destroyed, and it became, supposedly, a religion of scholars. A rabbi is just a scholar.

Really interesting novels, they always are so demanding of you on some level that you don't fall asleep.

life is always about compromises

You can live in the body you wish

Wherever you visit, let the place you visit remembers you well!

Sun is the reason And the world it will bloom 'Cause sun lights the sky And the sun lights the moon

There is not an issue that a woman cannot bring a perspective to.

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

Excellence is not an act, but a habit.

An individual has a healthy personality to the exact degree to which they have the propensity to look for the good in every situation.

Guys think I'm staring them down, but they watch ME for signs. Why can't I do the same to them?

It is not enough to do a desktop exercise of a Beethoven symphony. You need to practice with an orchestra. The musicians need to read the notes. Otherwise it will be a disaster.