To be a Jew is a destiny

There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

Worries are the most stubborn habits in the world. Even after a poor man has won a huge lottery prize, he will still for months wake up in the night with a start, worrying about food and rent.

Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings.

Perfection bores me, in art, in music; most of all, in people. Luckily, perfection is rare.

I was growing tired of all the fussing and prevaricating, of the stolen hours and the secret rendez-vous; of the small indignities and broad discomfort that are part and parcel of adultery.

Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.

Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply.

A writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the reality's of life.

men don't make different mistakes at different periods of their lives. They make the same mistake over and over again and they pay a bigger and bigger price for it.

Your king is SUPPOSED to explode? What kind of government system is that?

The cost of living is going up while the chances of living are going down.

A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference ... it pardons shortcomings it consoles failure. It recommends moderation.

Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.

There is peace in the swamp, though the quiet is Death

Burning natural gas will not save us from climate change. It's the same as burning any other carbon-based fuel.

Writing about an idea frees me of it. Thinking about it is a circle of repetitions.

I feel connected to whatever is out there.

You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.

Animals have rights, to be smothered with garlic and butter!