It's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first.

Rabbits are played. Nowadays it's all about the turtles. Tell them it's a ninja, they'll freak.

As a child, I never wanted my parents to be unhappy, which meant that I would always contemplate what would make them happy.

I remember a point in [writing] the story where I said, "This isn't working, I should go and buy something at the supermarket or my wife will kill me." Then I said, "No, I'll go on."

As the son of Holocaust survivors, this is life - you're put in a corner, and you have to get out. I believe that you can always get out.

The fact is that everything I have in my pockets is carefully chosen so I’ll always be prepared. Everything is there so I can be at an advantage at the moment of truth. Actually, that’s not accurate. Everything’s there so I won’t be at a disadvantage at the moment of truth.

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."