No matter what, it is very tricky and difficult just to be a good parent at all. I have a lot of help. And for that I'm very grateful.

Beauty comes from a life well lived. If you've lived well, your smile lines are in the right places.

I would roll up pennies to take the subway to work in Times Square. I was broke, but I was happy.

I am the model middle child. I am patient and I like to take care of everyone. Being called nice is a compliment. It's not a boring way to describe me.

My world was a community ballet school, a marching band, my two sisters and my girlfriends. I played saxophone in the band and was a bit nerdy.

I mean, the men in Hollywood event is every day - it's called Hollywood.

I will tell you what I can't abide - and I think the Internet has really created a space for it - women criticizing other women and mothers criticizing other mothers.

The rule with marriage is the less you talk about it the better, as far as I can tell.

The outside world can be very tough.

Well, you can't be trying to achieve success of any kind in this business without accepting that there's going to be a flip side to it.

In my teens, I was never part of the cool crowd.

Conceit spoils the finest genius.

I want to be a good man, a good writer.""Be one or the other, Ernest, not both.

There have always been jokes all over our songs; I originally started writing lyrics to make my friends crack a smile, which is difficult.

As more people of color raise our consciousness and refuse to be pitted against one another, the forces of neo-colonial white supremacist domination must work harder to divide and conquer.

One of the marks of maturity is the ability to disagree without becoming disagreeable

If you look at the cost of providing health insurance, it actually doesn't cost more to provide a plan with contraceptive coverage than it does without.

By multiplying ironies, I evade commitments.

You cannot squelch what's happening at the moment - you cannot put a lid on it and squash it down.

The weary sun hath made a golden set And by the bright tract of his fiery car Gives token of a goodly day to-morrow.

The only place men want depth in a woman is in her décolletage.