I've done kissing scenes with people who have been loaded. I'd think, 'Do you actually have to drink that Jack Daniels to kiss me?'

I can't believe I gave my panties to a geek.

I used to sing with my father's jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of his suggested that I try out for the first west coast production of Annie.

In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.

Did you work for the money to buy those earrings? Or did your Daddy buy those for you?

The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you.

Yes, my kids come first, but as a parent I need to come to them with a fresh mind. I can't be too exhausted or too tired. And I am a better parent when I have more energy.

We are the most brutal with the people we love the most.

From my experience, forgiving is the only way to survive.

A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.

I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately.

Fear, like love, is difficult to explain after it has subsided, probably because it draws away the veils of illusion as it disappears.

I do a lot of mental work before I ever start writing.

This is what I think now: that the natural state of the sentient adult is a qualified unhappiness.

I have a lot of fears that normal people have.

Healing is embracing what is most feared; healing is opening what has been closed, softening what has hardened into obstruction, healing is learning to trust life.

Well, it's possible to be mentally ill and rational.

When you really have the preparation time and things start taking the shape that they need, you have a beautiful feeling that comes from the hard work.

Another thing that's good about writing to describe a situation or a state of consciousness is that you can finally get it right. That was my intention, and that's always interesting.

The only person who listens to both sides of an argument is the fellow in the next apartment.

Doing stand-up is like running across a frozen pond with the ice breaking behind you. I love it because it's dangerous.