If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.

Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.

You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.

Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without.

If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure.

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.

We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude.

Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?

When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon.

When I see that humanity is suffering, it tears my heart. I cry, and then I extend my hand to help heal my heart.

Light or Death!

Wisdom is knowing what to do next virtue is doing it.

I suppose I'm happy to sell my time and energy, but I'm not happy to sell my initial creative time.

I couldn't live without the genius of Stephen Sondheim, be it not just West Side Story,but Follies,Company,Sweeney Todd,Passion.You can go on and on.

I might do my own independent film, that my husband wrote for me, if all the ducks are in a row.

Maybe, the hope said. Maybe.

The only people who know about me are people who would know about me.

Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me.

I know it sounds odd, but I want to make a Rolex-quality screwdriver.