I think we’re [men and women] more similar. In that we all deal with our fantasy lives and sometimes are disappointed by reality.

I have a very sensitive nose. I identify with dogs. I understand the world through my nose.

It's important to know what you're going to spend your life on, and the only way you're going to find that is by connecting with the force inside yourself.

Any system was a straightjacket if you insisted on adhering to it so totally and humorlessly.

Denounce useless guilt. Don’t make a cult of suffering. Live in the now(or at least the soon). Always do the things you fear most. Courage is an acquired taste like caviar. Trust all joy. If the evil eye fixes you in its gaze, look elsewhere. Get ready to be 87.

The older we get, the more Jewish we become in my family.

I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.