There is not a moment when I do not feel the presence of a Witness whose eye misses nothing and with whom I strive to keep in tune.
When you collaborate, you have to be willing to scrap a lot.
A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But here, in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck. It isn't easy. You may ask 'Why do we stay up there if it's so dangerous?' Well, we stay because Anatevka is our home. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one word: tradition!
Love was not something that people married for generally in those days. They married for security. They married for economic reasons, you know, companionship - but not love.
As far as I remember, there was no actual lyric written to that. At the very beginning of "Fiddler on the Roof," there's a violin solo, an unaccompanied violin solo.
I'd heard that Lenny Bruce used a lot of profanity and obscenities in his act, and I was curious.
Your mission is to document and observe the world around you as if you’ve never seen it before. Take notes. Collect things you find on your travels. Document your findings. Notice patterns. Copy. Trace. Focus on one thing at a time. Record what you are drawn to.
I believe that pain and suffering can either be a prison or a prism.
I like many types of music and probably too many to mention here.
Oh, it can't be a reference to the fact Harry's a great Seeker, that's way too obvious. There must be a secret message from Dumbledore hidden in the icing!