Infidelity is not freedom. It's a momentary respite from stressors that are going to come back.

There are so many different stories. You can choose to tell them, or not, but they certainly have the right to exist

Don't be snarky, but don't be saccharine. Don't pander, but don't shut people out. Go straight down the line with the performance.

I'd like to be in a tiny indie where I'm lost at sea.

I just want to work hard. I love that feeling.

I always just wanted to be a movie actress, like Lily Tomlin or Ruth Gordon. I just imagined myself being in a movie, wearing stylish women's clothing the way I saw Amy Irving wearing it.

Sometimes you watch comedians and feel like they're jerking off in front of you, but they want you to see how big it is.

I tend to be a bit of a workaholic, but I also can't function without some sort of domesticity as well.

I think my comedic style is at once bashful and explosive. It's a little bit perverted, and a little bit ladylike and old-fashioned, which is a great mix. Sort of tangy.

I'm competitive and I have a messy purse, but otherwise, I like people to think I'm a winner.

I don’t think men have time to be funny because they have to make all of our rules about what we can do with our vaginas.

I guess I rooted for the Creature from the Black Lagoon.

I'm a special drunkard... I drink too much.

America is a hot chick with a bad personality. Take her seriously and you'll end up hating yourself.

Mother Liberty caresses with generous affections...[those] who, armed with the weapons of high-minded honesty,...have grasped that the freedom of each is rooted in the freedom of all.

[ When I met Barack Obama] He says, I do a pretty good me myself - he said something like that. But he's - he is a close talker. He's a touchy guy.

I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if I wasnt a big solo artist.

We should always go before our enemies with confidence, otherwise our apparent uneasiness inspires them with greater boldness.

Imagination is a very high sort of seeing.

Affliction is able to drown out every earthly voice. . . but the voice of eternity within a person it cannot drown.

Supporting segregation need not be racist. One can believe in segregation and believe in equality of the races.