I live in an apartment building built in 1925, and it hasn't been heavily renovated, so I feel very much connected to that time and what went on in that place.

I was born Moishe Ketzelbourd but the Indians call me Maurice Cougar.

I never wore a watch. I always depend on public clocks, and stores have clocks, but that is strange.

I think Jewish history did away with a priesthood when the Temple was destroyed, and it became, supposedly, a religion of scholars. A rabbi is just a scholar.

I've wasted the last five years of my life dealing in religious articles. People today find spiritual solace in ballroom dancing.

I live in an apartment building built in 1925, and it hasn't been heavily renovated, so I feel very much connected to that time and what went on in that place.

The click [of a light switch] is the modern triumphal clarion proceeding us through life, announcing our entry into every lightless room.