I think every person and place is interesting, and there's an interesting story behind every door.

I'm the luckiest unlucky person.

Not many people have had as much bad luck as I have, but not many people have had as much good luck, either.

It's not the child's responsibility to teach the parent who they are. It's the parent's responsibility to learn who the child is.

I start crying when certain things come up, certain memories, certain feelings, and it's intense. But I think it's good for me - and therapeutic.

Life can very genuinely and realistically pile things on. It doesn't dole out the heartache and pain, or joy, perfectly.

When anything huge happens to me, I always think, this isn't my moment, this is a moment.

I love devastating movies, documentaries and hummingbirds (yes, in that order).

When I couldn't get ahold of cigarettes, I'd roll coffee grounds into typing paper and smoke that and then vomit.

My age makes all my wrinkles and gray hair make sense.

I didn't know whether I'd be attractive to anybody.

The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.

My ignorance of science is such that if anyone mentioned copper nitrate I should think he was talking about policemen's overtime.

WikiLeaks is what happens when the entire US government is forced to go through a full-body scanner.

I do situate myself in this problem of being a Jew who doesn't want to be represented by the state of Israel, a state that claims to represent all Jewish people and make me into a potential citizen.

Hate is a place where a man who can’t stand sadness goes.

I want people to see that the cosmic perspective is simultaneously honest about the universe we live in and uplifting, when we realize how far we have come and how wonderful is this world of ours.

Damn me to hell or take me to heaven, but for Gods sake, do it now.

I grew up an only child, so I was so much more adult. My eldest daughter is 10, and I was so much more of an adult than she is. She just doesn't care for the real world. She's not interested.

We will also never bring up the permanent tax cut the president is advocating.

Im a New Yorker. My background is in theater, so staying here, I have the opportunity to get back to that, which I would love to do.