The heart wants what it wants.

You rely too much on brain. The brain is the most overrated organ.

There is no justice, there is no rational structure to it [life]. That is just the way it is, and each person figures out some way to cope.

I think being funny is not anyone's first choice.

My parents were very Old World. They come from Brooklyn, which is the heart of the Old World. Their values in life are God and carpeting.

Why not? Life is short, life is dull, life is full of pain - and this is a chance for something special.

Life is unresolved, confusing, bewildering, puzzling, ambiguous. You don't really know what's going to happen. The future is uncertain for everybody.