I will never permit myself to give in to American taste and lower the standards of art.

No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

A real pleasure is a pleasure that one enjoys by one's self, without a companion, and without a single argument.

The worm in the radish doesn't think there is anything sweeter.

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

A cantor, when he starts singing, it's like rain - once it starts, it's hard to stop.

Remember, you must not sleep at the Seder. If you do, Elijah the Prophet will come with a bag on his shoulders. On the two first nights of Passover, Elijah the Prophet goes about looking for those who have fallen asleep at the Seder, and takes them away in his bag.