I did improv at Yale, with the Exit Players. It was great, but they played a little rough.

I looked back at some high school journals and discovered that I definitely wanted to be a writer, but not necessarily comedy.

Writing is just my first love. And I still have some issues with telling people what to do.

Women are often pushed into the idea that they write softer, more character-driven jokes.

I actually write some pretty tough jokes. I don't want to push the "soft" angle too much.

I remember one guy saying, "You're the only human out of all of them," and feeling a little concerned that somehow that meant I wasn't as funny.

I've met a surprising number of comedy writers whose parents are scientists. Both have an antiauthoritarian slant - they're both skeptics.

I do love science. My father is a scientist.

In high school, I was performing "forensics." You take a section of a play and portray all the characters. I even went to camp for forensics.

If you have to convince someone that you are their soulmate then you didn't realize the thousand other guys applying for the job.

A goal without a pan is just a wish.

Anything is good painting material once you get to know it.

I always wanted the ball in my hands with a game on the line, as I think any real competitor does.

The Divine does not like to be shut up in a building. The Divine likes to be out in the open. It is right here in this very body. Each one of us is a miniature universe, a living shrine.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.

I like challenges in life and pushing myself out of my comfort zone.

Would you exalt your profession, exalt those who labor with you...increase the salaries of the women engaged in the noble work of educating our future presidents, senators and congressmen.

My strengths and weaknesses are the same: I've got the willingness and stupidity to try anything. If I think it's even remotely possible, I'll do it.