This idea where, in this safe haven for Jews, Jews will threaten to kill other Jews, it wasn't in the brochure.

Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they’re no good.

My father - I once asked him what was his greatest achievement. He said his greatest achievement was that he fought in five wars in the infantry, always on the front line, and never hurt anybody.

According to Gur's theory of boredom, everything that happens in the world today is because of boredom: love, war, inventions, fake fireplaces - ninety-five percent of all that is pure boredom.

It's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first.

If you want to learn how to be happy, you have to know what is sadness first.

Rabbits are played. Nowadays it's all about the turtles. Tell them it's a ninja, they'll freak.

The one who swallows cactuses with spines should not complain about hemorrhoids.

Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump.

For three months, a person sits and looks at you, imagining a kiss.

Most of the Jewish writer friends I have are American, and I feel closer to them because they're always obsessed with one issue - identity: what does it mean to be an American Jew?

Nothing comes cheap, though the educated eye will always spot very nice things for the least money.

I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me.

You when the storm is raging - how do you face despair? It is you that the world discovers, whatever the clothes you wear.

Oh, I know I can sing. What I really want to be is an actress.

I think in American culture, we put value on economic success but tell people you don't have to be economically successful to be happy.

Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next generation? It's a long argument.

In a true democracy of India, the unit is the village.

The people with money to build today are corporations - they are our popes and Medicis. The sense of pride is why they build.

Friends share all things.

Monsieur' to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea; ignominy thirsts for respect.