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I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can't rely on what's in their heart. It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases. It's the law.

There is a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe. The policies of the Bush administration and the Sharon administration contribute to that. It's not specifically anti-Semitism, but it does manifest itself in anti-Semitism as well.

Knowing policy does help make the gossip more understandable.

Ambition, if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others.

Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.

The lack of alternatives to an illegal action does not legitimise that action.

If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%.

Apart from the fact that I've got a strange job, I do lead a fairly normal life. I do my own shopping. I don't feel constrained by who I am because of what I do; I often feel disappointed by my lack of ability. I get frustrated at myself, but I think everyone does.

No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.

Good mothers make all kinds of choices. Making a decision that might sound selfish does not make a woman a bad mother.

Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I don't think anybody does.

My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better.

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.

I don't know - is everything the U.S. does a shocking embarrassment?

Somehow, knowing that Alzheimer's is coming mocks all one's aspirations - to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for one's accomplishments and hard work - in a way that old familiar death does not.

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.

Contrary to what President Obama said in his inaugural address, going on Medicare and food stamps does not strengthen us. Just ask people who are fourth-generation welfare recipients.

Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.

That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he or she stole, and from whom? With the artist it is not how much he or she took from whom, but what the artist did with it.

There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One does not lose one's identity by falling in love.

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due - she reminds us too much of a prima donna.