Figuring out a way to use humor to deal with important issues I think is very important. Laughter is a great diffuser.

I've been a comedian for a long time so writing and performing is a big part of what I do. If anybody's doing comedy they should also work on writing.

As far as a job, actors get treated a lot better than writers so I definitely prefer acting. A writer has to make his own coffee and an actor has somebody bring them coffee.

Love is always more than friendship.

I'm tired of making people sad and I'm tired of disappointing them and I'm tired of seeing them break. I have seen this too many times. He will be the last.

Being deeply aware of fragility and ecstasy seems to me an essential part of being alive and living fully - and there's no way for me to separate this from my poems.

To be known by the public, honestly. People come up and tell them how good I make them feel.

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.

Contact with the affairs of state is one of the most corrupting of the influences to which men are exposed.

The legacy I want to leave is a child-care system that says that no kid is going to be left alone or left unsafe.

You're born and then you're on your own, you start having relationships, you're developing relationships to the world and your wider community, and then disappointing things happen.

If you take care of your workers they'll take care of your business.

Women, justifiably, feel vulnerable at a time so many years after their journey for reproductive freedom started.