I guess it's easier to think badly and then be pleasantly surprised.

I think weather affects my mood a lot more than I thought, and I like to be in bad moods sometimes.

My painting teacher in high school used to say, 'I can't paint like I want to, but through practice I'll get better.' But I don't think that's true. I think sometimes you just can't paint.

If you're going to plan a wedding, then a certain amount of suffering is not a choice.

Growing up, I had one very specific idea of what a wedding should be, and that was the wedding of Fraulein Maria and Captain von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music.'

I once heard an exec say, "If you don't ask for it, we can't give it to you." We can't go through our lives just being grateful for everything.

When I laugh hard, sometimes I wet my pants, but I'm always relieved because that means I'm having a good time.

Most New Yorkers want to look amazing, and they want you to understand that they look amazing, but they also want you to stop staring at them.

New York is like the weirdest city in the United States, in a great way, and Los Angeles is probably more similar to most of America.

Los Angeles survives on that which is unpredictable. The unexpected courses through its very veins.

I've never had prejudice against me because of being a woman in comedy, I've never felt any sort of unfairness because of that - but I do think it is naive to think that it doesn't exist.

You will only receive from the universe the fruits of your thoughts

Your religion is whatever makes you a better human being.

The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.

But as in all cults, what's central to the Communist Party is the belief system and the elimination of nuance. From there you're very slowly led down the road to fanaticism and mass murder.

If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When there's love present, it's easier to deal with life.

I love thinking that there is magic in the world, that there are people in the world with amazing abilities that we just don't know about.

The arts have always been in and around my life.

Finding a name for something is a way of conjuring its existence, of making it possible for people to see a pattern where they didn't see anything before.

What kind of influence do you want to have? What kind of effect do you want to have on other people? Never mistake the power of influence.

Consciousness of error is, to a certain extent, a consciousness of understanding; and correction of error is the plainest proof of energy and mastery.