My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science.
“No matter what you do, if you're trying to create something new, your environment has a massive impact on you.”
“I think that we shouldn't be fixated all the time on the ups and downs of the weekly ratings, of the quarter-hour ratings.”