They say you can't study Kabbalah until you are at least 40 years old. You know why? You have to have experienced at least one generation making the same mistakes as the previous one.

The pain of losing is diverting. So is the thrill of winning. Winning, however, is lonelier, as those you've won money from are not likely to commiserate with you. Winning takes getting used to.

A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team.

I've always been more comfortable sinking while clutching a good theory than swimming with an ugly fact.

I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.

Hitchcock denigrated American films, saying they were all 'pictures of people talking' - as, indeed, most of them are.

It's hard to write a good plot, it's very hard.