There's no way that you can stop nature.

I remember I grew up in a poor family and we had almost nothing and we were not treated very well by our family. There was no safe haven for us. But somehow we always managed to be happy.

When you're writing, your mind has a place where the stories happen. With one word, you can get the idea of where you are.

I think that melodrama is a safe way of suffering, because your suffering is fake. That's why I like melodrama.

It's always great to work with masters, people who are really, truly good at what they do.

Something that is very difficult to translate is the humor.

Circumstances, events or situations do not have inherent meanings except what you give them

He wasn't a great man, but he had a great life.

The Gaza leadership is stuck in its rhetoric of revolution and resistance. But the people are fed up with their leadership.

Knowing where you are going takes the uncertainty out of getting there

People piss you off but its always important to forgive and forget.

The immense profundity of thought in vulgar locutions, like holes dug by generations of ants.

If you go in with a plan to make a point, and you know what your narrative is going to be already, in our mind, it's probably not worth telling.

There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope, determination, and song.

Comedy is not supposed to be funny. Its supposed to tell the truth and then that's funny.

Get away from my house. What do you want?