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.

Although I do stand-up - doing actual stage work is terrifying for me.

All I can be is me- whoever that is.

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep herding.

While you are not responsible for the actions of another, you are able to consciously respond to everything in your reality. Your power to respond is your power to create.

in life it is better to be a supporting pillar than a destroying caterpillar

Followers of another political party tell us that we will strengthen ourselves by ignoring our history, our traditions, our mythologies, our culture and vision, and by following the American way.

I've had seven balls of light come off a UFO...explain to me telepathically we are all one and there's no such thing as death.

Middle class Americans don't ask for special favors, they just want basic fairness, and a President who fights for that ideal.

Why can't teachers end up owning schools, the way waiters can open their own restaurants?

Someone once said the fundamental reason we get married is because have a universal human need for a witness.

Out of love, God becomes man. He says: 'See, here is what it is to be a human being'.