I was really freaked out when I heard that Cookie Monster was going to be changed to Veggie Monster, but that turned out to be a lie.

Funny women are honest women.

If I'm writing something and I'm not feeling mischievous, then I know it's not going to be great.

What does being a woman today mean? Is there a right way of doing it? Is there a wrong way of doing it? Different kinds of women, female friendships: It's all pretty funny, and worth making fun of.

Dysfunctional co-dependent relationships always appeal to me. I don't know exactly how it started. I start writing sketches of characters and little scene-lets, and then it builds.

In a show that has so many neurotic, broken beta characters, it's always fun to bring in a character who's really confident in themselves.

The funniest things just come from honesty. We have a tendency to see female characters as representative of something larger than what they are, when male characters are just characters.

If women ran Hollywood, The Hollywood Reporter would have a "Men in Entertainment" issue every year, and those jerks would have to write something.

People want to put women in one box, and Im interested in how women can be everything at once.

I think they should create a holiday for friends-with-benefits relationships. Because I feel like Valentine's Day is, maybe it's a day to stay home and cry.

But, yes, I learned everything working in theater. I learned the importance of community - I was constantly going to play readings, stand-up nights, improv. nights.

It is difficult to live in and enjoy the moment when you are thinking about the past or worrying about the future.

Nicole can do anything that involves a ball and whistle.

Don’t despair nowyou fell in love with the maskand not what was behindit touched the chords inside your heartand made it beatand now that you have seen behind itdon’t despair

If you believe in your dream with all your heart, you can achieve it.

You can't sell anything if you can't tell anything.

Silence is sometimes the best answer

To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.

When we drink coffee, ideas march in like the army

The great secret of the successful fool is that he's no fool at all

Poetry contains almost all you need to know about life.