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.

One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism and acts of punishing terrorism. It has not happened that way.

Every actor wants to direct and produce, but I made a conscious decision when I was in college to understand the 'business' of 'show business.'

We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory.

Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?

I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder.

I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.