I'm interested in how small the world really is, and this notion that what happens in one place affects someone else.

The depth of talent in Israel is just spectacular. I was very excited by it because when you cast in LA, you tend to see a lot of the same faces on lists for various parts.

The ability to be writing towards something that was actually going to be a whole series was a really big lure.

The most exciting part of the casting process was casting out of Israel, which was a really unique process, mainly done remotely from California, looking at casting tapes.

All you have to do is do a little bit of research and a floodgate of material comes your way.

I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.", 1657)

You will not die of pain, but you will never get used to it. Pain is unique in that it does not show habituation or neural adaptation, like smell, or touch.

There is no greater pain than to remember, in our present grief, past happiness.

When you expand your awareness, seemingly random events will be seen to fit into a larger purpose.

A great country ought not to make little wars.

More important than learning how to recall things is finding ways to forget things that are cluttering the mind.

We're probably the opposite of the Osbournes. We run a very tight ship.

Perhaps they put party loyalty ahead of the welfare of their constituents, are afraid of crossing the president or are as stupid as Mr. Gruber thinks the American people are.

You're still here," he whispered. "They couldn't drag me away.

I always believe that my films should give some hope to the man who comes to watch them for those three hours. If he goes home on an optimistic note, I would feel satisfied at having done my duty.