People say I'm a nice girl saying terrible things. I tend to say the opposite of what I think. You hope that the absolute power of that transcends, and reaches the audience.

Your inability to see yourself clearly is what's keeping you alive.

I looked up and saw the shape of a heart made by the silhouette of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon kissing.

We need to stop telling girls they can be anything they want when they grow up. Because it would have never occurred to them that they couldn't.

I do love poop. I can't help it. The heart wants what it wants. I enjoy being clever and pithy and political, but nothing's going to get me like dumb stuff.

People are always introducing me as Sarah Silverman, Jewish comedienne. I hate that! I wish people would see me for who I really am — I'm white!

Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill.

I hope the Jews did kill Christ, I'd do it again in a second.

Drew Friedman isn't just a brilliant artist. He takes you to a place. He takes you back in time. He makes you smell the stale cigarettes and cold brisket and you say, thank you for the pleasure.

They've got great parents; I'm just trying to be the fun uncle.

I like talking about things that are taboo, because it makes them not taboo anymore.

A writer gets to live yet another life every time she creates a new story.

It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on a battlefield

Nothing short of the end of the world would get our eco-conscious techies to toss their latest gadgets onto the street.

I'm not a horror fans as much as I'm a fan of thrillers.

I never use a napkin on my lap at a restaurant...because I believe in myself.

If the human intellect functions, it is actually in order to solve the problems which the man's inner destiny sets it.

Find out what you don't want to know about yourself, what you're afraid of.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.

Hospitality consists in a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet

The acme of freedom from wealth is to desire to be possessionless even as others desire to possess.