ABOUT YANKY
His name notwithstanding, Yanky Fachler was not born in the land of the Yanks but in the UK. After completing his BA and MA at Brunel University, Yanky moved to Israel where he worked in marketing communication, and was very active in the world of theatre. He was an actor, director and producer, he founded a national amateur drama league, he edited a drama magazine, he directed an annual national drama festival, and he served on the executive board of the Tallinn-based International Amateur Theatre Association. He met Mona at an international drama festival in Ireland, and after wooing her long-distance for 5 years, he made Ireland his base in 1998.

Yanky has two gifted sons. Ashi lives in San Diego, California, where he is a design practitioner (www.tada.com), a teacher, and an accredited court interpreter (www.hebrewinterpreter.com). Amit lives in Israel with his wife Nogah and Yanky's grandson Uri. Amit trained as a professional actor, and is currently completing his doctorate in psychotherapy. Nogah works as a speech therapist.

SOME OF YANKY'S FAVOURITE QUOTES:
A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free. Nikos Kazantzakis

The man with a new idea is a crank - until the idea succeeds. Mark Twain

It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all. Edward de Bono

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns. Edward de Bono

If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. Albert Einstein

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein

A little chutzpah is a vital element in every entrepreneur's toolkit. Ed Zimmer

We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion. Hegel

Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. Rodan of Alexandria

The moon could not go on shining if it paid any attention to the little dogs that bark at it. Anonymous

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work. Thomas Edison

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions Mark Twain

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our ambitions. Professor Albus Dumbledore to Harry Pottere

The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have. Louis E. Boone

The unspoken factor behind the entrepreneurial boom is that working for most companies is so demeaning to the human spirit that many talented people are forced out the door. John Naisbitt

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it ceased to be one. Mark Twain

You can make a lot of PR bang for your buck by being a little bit wacky. Michael O'Leary, Ryanair

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing! Nana (age 103)

If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever happen Ludwig Wittgenstein

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. Robin Williams

Knowledge is power and enthusiasm pulls the switch. Steve Droke

When I was a young man, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. I didn't want to be a failure, so I did ten times more work. George Bernard Shaw

I firmly believe in chutzpah - that terrific Yiddish word for gall, guts, the drive to put yourself ahead. Helen Gurley Brown

Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming. Richard Branson

Listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. Donald Trump

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. Samuel Johnson

If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito. Anita Roddick