If You Stand On A Soapbox And

When I Was A Little Kid At Home, I Thought The Whole World Was Jewish. For Years I Thought Roosevelt Was Jewish. I Loved Him. I Thought Of Him As My Father. I'm Always Stunned When I Find Out That People Like Roosevelt And Tolstoy Weren't Jewish. How Could I Love Them So Much?

Directing Is A Terrible, Anxious Process. It's All Collaboration, And If You Have A Dream, It's Diluted Very Quickly By The Slightest Ineptness In Any Of Your Collaborators. They're Supposed To Help You, But Too Often They Help You Into Your Grave.

As Far As Songwriters, I've Always Been A Fan Of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, And George Gershwin; Those Guys Mean A Lot To Me.

The 2,000-year-old Man's Secrets Of Longevity 1. Don't Run For A Bus - There'll Always Be Another. 2. Never, Ever Touch Fried Food. 3. Stay Out Of A Ferrari Or Any Other Small Italian Car. 4. Eat Fruit - A Nectarine - Even A Rotten Plum Is Good.

Look, I Don't Want To Wax Philosophic, But I Will Say That If You're Alive You've Got To Flap Your Arms And Legs, You've Got To Jump Around A Lot, For Life Is The Very Opposite Of Death, And Therefore You Must At Very Least Think Noisy And Colorfully, Or You're Not Alive.