I think the best thing that could happen is that I'll live to be a lot older than my mother lived.

In the struggle for the soul of American Jewry, the Orthodox model has triumphed.

When St Genesius, the patron saint of actors, refused to act in a Roman play that ridiculed Christianity, the legend goes, the producers executed him. It reminds some people of Broadway today.

Good taste is not the birthright of snobs, but a gift from God sometimes found in the unlikeliest of people".

His work was defined by emphasis on the subversiveness philosophy, which asks questions, as opposed to the self-satisfaction of politics, which believes it has answers and insists on them.

You'd better hurry up to the Gard and back. God knows what depravity we might get up to here without your guidance.

Violence should not always beget more violence.

You have not failed until you quit trying.

It's really the artist in me that loves the idea of an image and an image that provokes an emotion.

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on the fetters of galley-slaves. The application of this motto is fine and just.

Can't you just tell me now?" "No, I need someone to eat with." A slight smile rose to my lips. "Am I supposed to believe that I'm your only option?" "No. But you're my favorite option.

It was a great test of my ability to work with... watercolors. And it was also a test of my patience; I needed to put myself in a completely disciplined position... I couldn't make mistakes.

I believe when you’re stuck in one spot for too long it’s best to throw a grenade where you stand, and jump…and pray.