I think a snob would be a person who thinks he is entitled; he has good things in his life and is entitled to them.

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

There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere... There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid toward your goals.

Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.

Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions.

When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, 'Just go to sleep.' Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I've grown older, I've realized just how smart Knight was.

It's a great stretch for me to do my game show. It's very hard. It's not me at all. The only part that's me is sort of when I'm sitting in the booth looking tormented. That's the only part that's the real me.