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.

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.

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.

Justice Scalia was a lion of the law. Agree or disagree with him, all of his colleagues on the bench shared his wisdom and his humor. And like them, I miss him.

Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend!

It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.

We may all host ourselves to death, and if we're all dead who will host our funerals?

Political disagreements have the colour and fragrance that normally is seen and felt in a political bouquet, while remaining united on one issue that democracy is the future of Pakistan.

I use humour a lot. My foundation is tragic, but my appearance is humorous.

I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old.

Peace may be negotiated by politicians, but it is something written in hearts and minds not on pieces of paper

We owe subjection and obedience to all our kings, whether good or bad, alike, for that has respect unto their office; but as to esteem and affection, these are only due to their virtue.

I understood that there was no escaping the memories, that I was surround by them. (p.30)