I would do 'American Splendor' and 'About Schmidt' again in a heartbeat.

The older you get, the more you realize that the way you look is a reflection of how you treat yourself.

There's nothing I love more than a good cry.

I feel like I'm one of the happiest people I know.

I have a husband and children, and it affects me deeply that somebody could be taken away in a second.

I travel all the time, and I have two small children.

I love stories that give me a perspective on how easy American life has become in the 21st century.

I just love to make a whole roomful of people laugh.

I haven't frequented a nail salon in a long time.

The network shows tend to be run, in general, in my experience, by committee, and it's hard for actors and writers to do their jobs.

When my dad needed a shirt ironed, he would yell downstairs to my mother, who would drop everything and iron his shirt.

Sometimes an act of common sense is indistinguishable from an act of genius.

Good heavens television is something you appear on you don't watch.

Write something even if it's just a suicide note.

I don't think I was really going anywhere in life. I don't think, I was achieving too much, even though I had a stable job and all.

Life is an adventure that is best lived boldly

How do you convince someone to change, to stop being afraid of himself? How do you convince yourself not to be so scared all the time?

When I got old enough to go to night clubs to hear that music at the age of 15.

I believe a writer's most important skill lies in being able to see things from different perspectives.

Now I am obsessed with collecting Platypus paraphernalia.