The power of laughter & love would beat out the power of fear every time.

Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.

When I was young, we couldn't afford much. But, my library card was my key to the world.

I hated Woody Woodpecker and Scooby-Doo, but I was a cartoon freak.

Read, read, read, read, read. Read everything. You can’t work unless you know the world, and outside of living in the world the best way to learn about the world is to read about it.

Relax. Just relax and have fun doing what you're doing. Don't worry so much about being results oriented. Just commit yourself to the moment.

People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people.

TV is the best babysitter.

Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.

Giving up a lot of yourself isn't really that hard when you realize that you get more than you give up.

Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.

Just like you fell on me, I fell for you, and the sensation of the fall happened so fast but in a beautiful way.

I have failed so much, but I have learned so much more in life from my failures than my successes.

I write in a slangy colloquial speech that has not been common in the Israeli tradition of writing, and that is one of the things that gets lost a little in translation.

I was born when my dad was 50... It's weird growing up with a dad that much older than you. We'd go to the movies, we're both getting discounts.

The only thing left for Barack Obama to do is to work like a third world dictator and just put all these guys in jail.

You don't understand how much light you have until the lights go out.

Persecution is not wrong because it is cruel; but it is cruel because it is wrong.

My kids think I'm old and over the hill.

The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.