I look to my family for my support. I'm fortunate to have a big family.
Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of Berlin and Europe have a human future
I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains
You cannot suddenly make Lower Manhattan into a sad place because we saw such a dramatic loss of life. You have to balance the memory, which is so important, and use it as a kind of Archimedean Point to create a lively, incredibly interesting, and culturally significant piece of a city and neighborhood.
The Spiral Gallery may happen, too. It is not dependent on government funding
Call Berlin. Drop everything we're doing. I have a complete vision of what should be.
I don't get to sleep when I'm in New York. Really. I'm living on adrenaline
Friends are readily disappointed by the size of my closet. And I thought it was big!
I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia.
The real concern is that Iran would do what Pakistan did. Pakistan wanted nuclear weapons, like Iran, purely for defensive reasons - to defend itself against India. The problem was that once Pakistan acquired the weapons, it allowed the country to be more aggressive. So they stepped up their support for the Kashmiri terrorists, and it led very quickly to the Kargil crisis in 2000, which almost sparked a nuclear war between India and Pakistan.
I believe that I often bring out the best in somebody's talents.