I think Shakespeare had a lot to contribute with his understanding of the human condition.

They say that Madison Avenue will only pay high dollars in advertising if they get the 18-35 age range.

I've come to learn that there is a real difference between men and women. It's genetic.

Women and minorities have excelled beautifully in comedy, but very few women are the lead in a drama.

The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males.

But I've always believed that Christine Cagney shouldn't be played past a certain age.

In my early days I was a contract player at Universal and I had a wonderful mentor named Monique James, who was head of talent there, and she used to drag me on sets to do parts.

Well what do you do with a character like Christine Cagney and you tell her she can't have things?

I'm not here to put down men, God love them and I'm married to one, but I do think they are more shallow.

You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it.

I dont believe there is any character that one can play for that long and not bring a piece of you to it.

Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong.

Once you become a comedian, you accept that people are just going to yell stuff at you.

Without the edge, [life's] boring...If you're doing something that's definitely achievable with 100% odds of success, where's the draw in that?

You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of the family.

As I love and approve of myself and others, my life gets better and better.

Flaws make us all human, and you're rooting for characters because of those flaws. It's ageless if you're interested in relationships and the way people can or can't relate to each other.

Last night I learned how to be a lover of God. To live in this world and call nothing my own.

I am glad to have found a readership, but one can’t write only what is likely to sell. A writer is not a shopkeeper. A writer creates an imaginary world that he transmits to others.

I like Steve Gadd, everything he did with Steely Dan. There's so many. I like everything.