In a country where only men are encouraged, one must be one's own inspiration.

One must be one's own inspiration.

Do I get bored from books or films?No, I don't get I get bored from genre so I change it and start something new...

Optimism: That effervescent, blindingly- bright, perky, chipper,  twittering quality you want to squash out of annoying people.

He looked as though I'd just run over his pet puppy (though no actual puppies were harmed in the formation of that metaphor).

They have accepted me as an individual, as a personality, as an entity. I belong! I am important! I am somebody!

Your most vauluable asset can be your willingness to persist longer than anyone else.

God has so made man's heart that nothing can ever fill it but God himself.

Brains are no substitute for judgement.

Israel's flexibility is dependent on its sense of security.

If I keep going outside, I get distracted - and all these lunches and things I get invited to, I just don't care. I just want to make the work. New York is very distracting.

I want you to know how I feel about my Italian heritage, so I'd like to say a few words in Italian: Verdi, Pavarotti, DiMaggio, Valentino, De Niro, Giuliani. . .