(Clothes) cannot change a man's nature. He's either kind or he isn't, with or without clothes.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

First drafts are for learning what your story is about.

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.

The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course

We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.

The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology.

Eliminate distractions and focus on priorities.

Universally, not only in Israel, people want to feel good about themselves. We all want to feel good to some extent.

Of course, if you have thought up to now that an actor relies merely on inspiration you will have to change your mind. Talent without work is nothing more than raw unfinished material.

You cannot make promises because you never know what your next project will be.

The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

Eager for bread and love.

There is one thing we must appreciate about the disasters: They are perfectly just when they do their jobs!

If someone wants to give you, like, $100 million, it's hard to say no. But I don't want to accept that kind of money right now. I'd feel burdened by it.

The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.