I enjoyed being anonymous.

To single out a particular group and say we can't make a joke about them is almost a form of prejudice and it's kind of patronizing.

I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.

It's nice to be important, but it's also important to be nice. Never forget that.

Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

A good wife must be strong enough to pull a plough and have a very erotic physique.

For a number of years in England nobody had any idea what I looked like.

Jews have a tendency to become comedians.

The worrying thing is there's so much latent hatred of the guy [Donald Trump] and this guy isn't even president yet.

I think pulling off, pulling off a kind of fake documentary of me being a, you know, actual dictator would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible.

Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.

For every failure, there's an alternativecourse of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

. . . failure is also the stern parent of truth. (p525)

I am certain a great many believers and bible readers do believe in social justice.

Charlie Christian showed me a lot, and was a great help, but even then, I realised that if I was going to make it, it was no use copying Charlie

I was already sort of mixing my science physics enthusiasm with entertainment and directing and puppetry.

A new future requires a new past.

I am not an artist which is 'in.

It's very difficult to marry into another civilization.

Without God, man cannot, and without man, God will not.