I asked the girl if she could bring a sister for me. She did. Sister Maria Teresa. It was a very slow evening. We discussed the New Testament. We agreed that He was very well adjusted for an only child.

Isn't all mankind ultimately executed for a crime it never committed?

That's the way I feel about the world: there are certain problems that can only be dealt with that way - going out and doing them. As ugly a truth as that is, I do think it's the truth about the world.

I was raised in the Jewish tradition, taught never to marry a Gentile woman, shave on a Saturday night and, most especially, never to shave a Gentile woman on a Saturday night.

When the Academy called, I panicked. I thought they might want their Oscars back and the pawn shop has been out of business for a while.

My mind can never know my body, although it has become quite friendly with my legs.

I am two with nature.