But, yes, I learned everything working in theater. I learned the importance of community - I was constantly going to play readings, stand-up nights, improv. nights.

Funny women are honest women.

If I'm writing something and I'm not feeling mischievous, then I know it's not going to be great.

What does being a woman today mean? Is there a right way of doing it? Is there a wrong way of doing it? Different kinds of women, female friendships: It's all pretty funny, and worth making fun of.

Dysfunctional co-dependent relationships always appeal to me. I don't know exactly how it started. I start writing sketches of characters and little scene-lets, and then it builds.

In a show that has so many neurotic, broken beta characters, it's always fun to bring in a character who's really confident in themselves.

The funniest things just come from honesty. We have a tendency to see female characters as representative of something larger than what they are, when male characters are just characters.

If women ran Hollywood, The Hollywood Reporter would have a "Men in Entertainment" issue every year, and those jerks would have to write something.

People want to put women in one box, and Im interested in how women can be everything at once.

I was really freaked out when I heard that Cookie Monster was going to be changed to Veggie Monster, but that turned out to be a lie.

I think they should create a holiday for friends-with-benefits relationships. Because I feel like Valentine's Day is, maybe it's a day to stay home and cry.

A writer is a messenger for the subconscious.

You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'

I have a very pop voice, but there's so much of me I associate mostly with urban music, so I try to blend the two.

I have a lot of new music that I'm very excited about.

If you know what changes a heart, you know what changes the world.

At sixty, I would like to give my future back its vistas of uncertainty.

We've weakened America's place in the world. It's been a combination of factors, but mostly it's been a lack of leadership.

My end goal in the piano is to play Scott Joplin's 'Maple Leaf Rag.

Architecture does not change anything. It's always on the side of the wealthy. The important thing is to believe that it can make life better.

Men see how you dress, and then make assumptions about your relationship potential.