Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.

John Huston was the kind of director that totally left you alone. Not every actor always does it right, every time, but most of the time he was re-directing someone. He was making tight adjustments, and not even in terms of interpretation because he knew that by the time that the character had been filmed... well, he got it right when he cast you.

But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.

No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation.

Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route.

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it to be wrong.