Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Think independently and critically, but never forget to think with understanding and love.

Your endurance is strongly influenced byyour fundamental myth about the fighting.

Breathe the sweetness that hovers in August.

The final result of too much routine is death in life.

Omygod, I haven’t got years. I’ll have to hide in the Bat Cave.” “Once you go to the Bat Cave it’s forever, babe.” Eeek.

I had learned so much about the world that I had decided to withdraw from it.

Sometimes I like to make music together with a singer or with singers.

Like the oxytocin you get as a mom makes you forget everything constantly. And I'm a totally different person after having a kid.

People who know my stage act know it's nothing but pushing boundaries.

Old unhealthy thoughts can block off inspiration and motivation. Dropping them releases a strong flow of power through the mind.