My dad was not good at saying no. I'm trying to be better at saying no.
I can definitely be tough when pushed. In relationships, you have to take a stand for who you are and how you're willing to be treated.
Man, a mere inhabitant of the earth, cannot overstep its boundaries! But though he is confined to its crust, he may penetrate into all its secrets.
As the director, you cannot control what people do after hours or in their trailers or on break. Why would you want to? But you can't.
Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no.
The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.
If you go off the edge, it's not cooking anymore, so you have to push it to the limit... What are the limits?
I don't like saying 'no' to people, and I'm going to have to learn how to say 'no' more.
At some point or another, our boundaries run into the boundaries of the exterior reality. Like we run into laws and other things that we don't own or don't have control over.
