I'm Jewish. That's all. So I am in exile all the time. Wherever we go, we are in exile. Even in Israel, we are in exile.

My father said, "Okay, enough with the Jewish school." He put me into a public school and he said, "If you are the first one in your class, that means the school is bad." That was his humor.

What I hate in movies is all those people you need. And then I realize I do better when I shoot by myself.

She who seeks shall find, find all to well, and end up clouding her vision with her own preconceptions.

When I'm in my neighborhood, I don't see anything anymore, because I'm so used to it. When I go somewhere else, suddenly, I'm alive. I'm on alert, and I can be fresh.

Have you seen the film Histoires D'Amérique? It's also a mixture of humor and monologue, and it shows how the Jewish humor comes from drama and tragedy.

She lacked the sheen of money, muscular good health, good skin, good clothes.

Learning how to learn involves examining assumptions. Mulla Nasrudin tales very often fulfil this funcition.

Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense.

We did want it ["Mary and Jane"] to feel a little different and have some surreal weird touches, which we try to do every episode. That is what we took advantage of.

Seasonal change in Los Angeles is often a very subtle thing. It's not as if we finally stop having to shovel the snow out of our driveways and can put our parkas back in the closet.

Cats never strike a pose that isn't photogenic.

Take care that no one hates you justly.

Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it.

The God of religion exists only in our minds. The real God exists but we can never comprehend him in our minds

In the past, I'd sort of know before Ozzy sang something, what he was going to sing. I'd know what sort of way a melody was going to go 'cause of the way he'd approach it.