If you're in a good marriage, you have the sense that it won't be forever.

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.

So much of life isn’t about having the right answer it’s about knowing the right question.

Dialogue can help you find out if you’ve been brainwashed or not.

The terror is trapped inside of him and paralyzes him. He closes his eyes again and tries to drown out the scream - but it keeps ringing and ringing and ringing in his ears.

Many parts of a pine tree are edible.

Awareness, not deprivation, informs what you eat. Presence, not shame, changes how you see yourself and what you rely on.

If we believe that the sun and moon hang in the sky for our delight, there will be joy upon the hills and gladness in the fields.

I think that running a studio gave me an appetite for making a lot of different kinds of movies and it's given me the opportunity to do that.

If you can inspire a kid that's maybe the best part of being a comic book artist.

Politeness is organized indifference.

I think Sin City is a good example. Nobody would accuse Sin City of being historically inaccurate because it takes place in modern times.