And Seinfeld is so quick: we crank out one show a week, and the hours are very reasonable

I'm particularly fortunate to be in a position where I can bring my child to work and be able to get good child care. Not a lot of women have that.

There is sexism - I'm not denying its existence. But I'm saying that I will deny its effort against me. I just pay it no nevermind and say, 'Get out of my way.'

I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I nor the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

I dropped out of college my junior year to do saturday night live, and I didn't even consult my parents. They were very supportive because they had no choice.

I really do like to work. I will work again. But on my terms.

There is tremendous inequity in Hollywood and politics, and I would say globally it's challenging to be a woman and succeed.

If I have chocolate around, I will eat it. I love it, I love it, I love it. I like a piece every day.

Keeping a sense of humor about life. My parents divorced when I was 8, and whenever I felt down, my mom would remind me that a sense of humor gets you through just about anything.

It is, I think, harder for women. I haven't quite figured it out, and all of my women friends haven't figured it out -how the hell do you do this? How do you work and have families?

Some people can sometimes really invade your space and kind of never leave you alone.

Any advice which does not lead to self-improvement is misleading.

I did not want to appear before the world as pathetic, deprssed, and psychologically ill. So I erected a barrier of words and wit around myself, so that nobody could see how needy I really was.

It is natural for us to pay attention to North Korea and human rights issues of North Korean defectors but I wish people would not try to create stars. The reality is different from Hollywood movies.

Are we not also married to conscience which we would love to get rid of often enough since it is more bothersome than a man or a woman ever could become?

If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.

I'm not recognized very often, and if I am, it's a die-hard Veronica Mars fan. Which is usually flattering and an honor. I really try not to think about it.

When two duties jostle each other, one of 'em isn't a duty.

This one goes out to all my critics: don't you feel stupid? Look how I did it. Look how it came to pass when I said it.

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

In the end [of the "2012"], there were no ships, no water, no nothing. Only the interiors [were real]. Everything else had to be made, and that is always challenging.