Often in writing programs, articulation and clarity are more important than what you actually say.

Before I started to make films, I didn't give much thought to the way the characters were physically positioned in the story world.

I was born at six months, and I weighed 900 grams [less than two pounds]. I have a very heroic birth story.

During the war, there were people wishing me death, wishing my son death, wishing my wife death in very graphic ways. In the past, I would go overseas and I would say, "Israel is like my family: we disagree, but we're all brothers." I can't say that anymore, because life proves me wrong.

Often in writing programs, articulation and clarity are more important than what you actually say.

When I was a kid, I wanted to make my parents happy. I'd always say to them, "What do you want me to do? Do sports? Be rich? Be funny?" My mother would say, "Whatever we want from you, you already gave us - we wanted you to be alive, and you made it."

My father - I once asked him what was his greatest achievement. He said his greatest achievement was that he fought in five wars in the infantry, always on the front line, and never hurt anybody.