My nerves will come when I have to take off my top.

By bringing the future into the present, you can do something about it usually before it gets too late.

When sorrow knocks at your door, tell it you're busy finding happiness.

You are your artYour are your songYou are your craft.You are all the immaculate designs of which you dream

I used to drink a bottle of vodka a day, every day, for about 40 years and it never occurred to me it'd kill me. If I'd have continued it might have killed me. My doctor said I should stick to wine.

Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art.

I enjoy Modern Family very much. Good TV program. I don't know why. I just find that so many of the jokes land. So many of the actors are so great. Phil Dunphy is one of my favorite characters ever.

My father felt that his world of ideas was too liberal for traditional rabbinical teachings, and he looked for a chance to find a way in life.

Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios.

Democracy doesn't recognize east or west; democracy is simply people's will. Therefore, I do not acknowledge that there are various models of democracy; there is just democracy itself.

I suppose I'll always be over-vulnerable, slightly paranoid.