I was in analysis. I was suicidal. As a matter of fact, I would have killed myself, but I was in analysis with a strict Freudian and if you kill yourself they make you pay for the sessions you miss.

God, you Jews are truly exotic." Exotic? She should only know the Greenblatts. Or Mr. and Mrs. Milton Sharpstein, my father's friends. Or for that matter, my cousin Tovah. Exotic? I mean, they're nice, but hardly exotic with their endless bickering over the best way to combat indigestion or how far back to sit from the television set.

It has become harder and harder in the United States to make films unhampered by outside influences. I've always been able to steer clear of that and keep the business people out of my hair completely.

I'd never join a club that would allow a person like me to become a member.

Astronomers say the universe is finite, which is a comforting thought for those people who can't remember where they leave things.

When I'm not working, I think and I think when I get depressed.

I'm at the stage of life when if a girl says no to me I'm profoundly grateful to her.