Whenever physical fitness and exercise comes up, I hear the phrase, “no pain, no gain,” and I get triggred and angry. I heard that kind of talk in the past, and exercise has been a form of torture and punishment, and it makes me NOT want to exercise.
Do you have any collections?
I have thousands of books, and I’m trying to read them all.
I just LOVED the Peanuts strip as a kid, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, the whole gang. I felt a kindred spirit in Charlie Brown, with all his rough goings. I still am a fan.
Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you.
I had a pretty bad time with my blood relatives, so nothing comes to mind.
To just sit and read, to meditate, to write, to contemplate.
What tattoo do you want and where would you put it?
I already have three tattoos, each related to my Jewishness.
Moving to Philadelphia and beginning studies at Temple University. Temple was the incubator where I was reborn, from being a defenseless country kid to a citified, mature man.
I would say, “Don’t worry about what people say about you. Love and value yourself. You don’t need them in your life. Get out of that situation as fast as possible.”
What makes a good leader?
Humility helps, knowing that you don’t know everything, and delegating jobs to people who know about it.
If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say?
I’m here, haters!