In another project I worked on just a few years ago, a staging of Peter and the Wolf, which I translated into Yiddish and sang on a stage in New York City. Thank God very few people knew I was doing it! But the kids in the audience loved it - even though it was all in Yiddish.

As an aspiring artist, you should strive for originality of vision. Have something to say and a fresh way of saying it. No story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it’s not the work of the imagination.

there is no such thing as fantasy unrelated to reality

I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness.

I remember my own childhood vividly...I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn't let adults know I knew. It would scare them

As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that.

The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice as dead.