You've got to have gumption. You've got to be willing to stand up on the stage for no money for ten years.

Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.

Don't judge me. I made a lot of money.

Kids do have to learn that life is a humiliating charade of endless disappointment and tragedy ultimately culminating in pain, decay, and death. My parents used to sing me to sleep with that one.

I'm capable of living in the moment. And I'm especially capable of living in the moment of sitting on my sofa and watching other people's moments.

I dislike Ted Cruz as much as the next everyone. But that's no reason to be rude to Ted's loving wife and possible hostage.

There's a danger zone if you take yourself too seriously. It's a terrible trap to fall into. I think it's the death of comedy.

It's like you can't even go on the radio anymore and condemn a whole subset of people to hell without getting some blowback.

I continue to be very shy. I think a lot of actors and performers are really weird, shy people working it out onstage. I don't know why that is.

You don't want to be glib; you want to treat every story respectfully.

I grew up an only child, so I was so much more adult. My eldest daughter is 10, and I was so much more of an adult than she is. She just doesn't care for the real world. She's not interested.

The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being.

The practice of gratitude can soften a difficult situation

Life wants you to be able to fully receive and give affection and love.

The rest of my life (as a 39 year old) I want to reflect on what life is.

The United States has been a Pacific nation for over two centuries. That's not going to change.

Clary," he whispered. There was a thump, and she realized he had fallen to his kees by the side of her bed. She didn't move, but her body tightened. His voice was a whisper. "Clary, it's me. It's me.

I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids.

When we build a public library, we don't have to pay to get in, but when we build a stadium, we have to pay the owner every time we go to a game.

I was born to play football, just like Beethoven was born to write music and Michelangelo was born to paint.

A normal life. Such a simple idea, but it's almost impossible for me to picture.