Doing actual comedic material is just about the most joyful endeavor ever. That's the truth. The only time it's not funny is when business gets in the way.

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.

You need to have faith in yourself. Be brave and take risks. You don't have to have it all figured out to move forward.

Feel for others - in your pocket

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don’t apply to you.

There is a great supply of amateur undertakers in show business.

O, God of wonder, enlarge my capacity to be amazed at what is amazing, and end my attraction to the insignificant.

One of the most irresponsible things we can do is eat in ignorance, without any awareness of what our eating is doing to the world or to other species.

Im obsessed with socks. I even wear them to bed!

The human crisis is always a crisis of understanding: what we genuinely understand we can do.

Don't incriminate yourself. You got the Twitter. I hate twitter. It should be some exclusivity.

Our collective freedom... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.