It probably goes without saying that I enjoy the potato pancakes, delicious hams and so forth that maddeningly turn up at this time of year.

I have two young children with autism. What could they have ever done to deserve that? What kind of a God allows the innocent to suffer? It's a mystery. Yet still, I believe in God.

I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals.

We must agree to live in this world, with all that is unfair about it, without knowing why, if we wish to have a God in our lives.

Well, because I have twin seven-year-old boys, I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is a costly, though extremely pleasing proposition.

It's funny, but three of my early films were with Liam Neeson, before Liam Neeson was a big star.

I'd always admired Diane Keaton, but I'd never met her.

I've always thought that, in a sense, the more specific and sometimes even the smaller the world of a movie is, the more universal it is.

In general, I'm always interested in characters who have kind of extreme aspects to them, who are in some ways larger than typical people.

I always did plays in school because I thought it was fun, but it just never occurred to me as a thing to do.

The word "hedonistic" to me means pleasure above all else. My pleasure above all else.

Be true to your sacred self.

If you dance daily, you will find strength within thy soul.

God doesn't need us to give Him our money. He owns everything. Tithing is God's way to grow Christians.

"Do you know a cure for me?" Why yes," he said, "I know a cure for everything. Salt water." Salt water?" I asked him. Yes," he said, "in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea".

The nuclear arms race is like two people sitting in a pool of gasoline spending all their time making matches.

God uses singers in a mighty way, and I am grateful.

I realized marvelling at nature was a deep pleasure of mine.

Can't nobody take my pride. Can't nobody hold me down.

Bring together things that have as yet never been brought together and did not seem predisposed to be so.

You can win the Champions League in the worst season.