I do not mean for one second to suggest that 'White Doves at Morning' was written with a movie deal in mind. Certainly not.

I don't mean to suggest we're close to a deal, ... We have made considerable progress, but we have considerable distance to go.

Everyone in Tel Aviv knows Yosl Bergner. In 2006, the mayor made him a Freeman of the City. Now he carries a card which allows him to park his car anywhere with impunity. If only he could drive.

In 1966, I bought my parents a carriage clock for their silver wedding anniversary. It was last wound 30 years later, in December 1996, the month my father died.

The idea of the split personality is as old as Genesis. For a start, Eve was manufactured from Adam's rib. Then there's Cain and Abel, twins at war. They were followed by Esau and Jacob, likewise divisible into hairy and smooth types.

One-eyed Reuben 'Rooster' Cogburn is the role that finally delivered John Wayne his Oscar.