One of the simplest ways to stay happy is letting go of the things that makes you sad.

Here's to the moments when you realize the simple things are wonderful and enough.

I sometimes pray not for self-knowledge in general but for just so much self knowledge at the moment as I can bear and use at the moment

If you want to be happy, then be happy. Misery is a choice.

The only person who can pull you down is yourself. If you choose to pull yourself down, please don’t complain.

We could live several lifetimes and never exhaust the power of our minds.

I like to talk about lint and coasters, the expansion of the universe and maybe McDonald's. I'm completely turned off by the idea of politics.

I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit.

With a little luck that epoch may arrive. I am on the side of those who think that things will go better when the world has changed.

I have a Madonna portrait done in the style of a Russian icon. My mother, the chef Lidia Bastianich, and I bought it together. It reminds me of her.

When I was growing up, the top movies dealt with grown-up, complex emotions.

many of us are done with adolescence before we are done with adolescent love.

Ground Zero mosque supporters, doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours, throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, please refudiate.

The only hope we have are our bodies. We're all trapped in them and we all hate them, and it's this reason why we're comic and not tragic.

Every single night I'm nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react.