Since I was born I wanted to entertain and communicate. I wanted to communicate so badly ... My sixth-grade math teacher taped my mouth. I'm still out to get her [for that]. It was very traumatizing!

Especially while television I think is going through some growing pains or is in need of - I think current comedy is a bit, uh, not happening, you know?

Comedy is much more challenging, because you have to have the same level of belief but you have to make people laugh, and that's definitely a challenge.

There is such a thing as fate, but it only takes you so far. Then its up to you to make it happen.

And you know, we did it as an independent film, and we weren't expecting it to be on television, and Lifetime ended up buying it. And the viewers responded intensely to that film.

I got good notice from that show, and on the last day of filming Townies, Twentieth Century Fox called wanting to meet with me about a development deal.

In comedy, something may be more absurd, but you have to believe just as much as you do when you're doing drama.

There's a power in women being women. There's a role for men, but we don't have to be men, because we're women. I think that representing that on television is a cool thing.

AIDS is a state of mind, not a disease.

I'm not some big party chick, so it's not like I have to keep up my big social life.

And I'm so excited to remind people and even gain new fans who find out about Dharma - a new generation who could find out about Dharma and enjoy her and all the characters on the show.

You can never right an intentional wrong.

An eleven-year-old girl is many things, but she is not stupid.

Yes, my dear child, monsters are real. I happen to have one hanging in my basement.

Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.

I think we have to choose, what are the issues that really matter? We have to trust that.

As big as an elephant is, a whale is still larger. Everything's relative. Even gods have their spot on the food chain.

Some things weren't designed to understand.

You're either in a position of abundance or you're in a position of poverty. Now, that's every area of your life. That's not just financially.

Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and more sober the posture, the more beautiful it will be.