If a woman gets insomnia, you never know where you're going to find her furniture the next morning. It's primal. We have so little we can control, but we can perfect the way our room looks.

Filming is a funny combination of having a good time and not being able to wait until its over.

What's the trick to writing a great female character? Make her human.

I definitely feel like a native New Yorker. My personality was formed there.

I always had good friends, but I did not feel like a cool girl, ever.

Catherine Keener really gets me. She and I have such a shorthand together.

Hollywood always likes to create a star.

I'd rather go for Scorsese and De Niro. I just think he was so much better.

The stories that I want to tell are completely, well somewhat autobiographical. It's completely based on my own self-absorption issues and problems.

I would still encourage somebody, if they wanted to make a movie, to just go take a movie camera. That's clearly been shown to work. It's just how do you get it seen?

My grandma has said many of the things her character says. But she was much nicer! I made her meaner for dramatic purposes.

Problems go away because someone does something about them! What are you doing about the problems or challenges around you? Don’t just complain…..Act and now!

All objects exist in a moment of time.

Captive Greece captured her rude conqueror

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength.

People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone.

Strong people stick to their morals, no matter what the trials and tribulations, Weak people, many a times, do not even realize how low they have sunk.

This then is the age of reason.

To exceed the expectations of others, we must first raise expectations of ourselves.

I didn't take a job on Fox News because I'm interested in progress. I'm interested in shouting and pointing and simplifying things!