The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.

Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn't the least bit funny.

I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.

I think, there are many people who are much smarter than I am, and many, many, many who are much harder-working than I am, but in terms of the range of my activities, they're unique.

I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want?

I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God.

As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.