Los Angeles is often described as the nadir of vapidity, a smog-choked space cradle.

Nah... I mean, I'm already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans could I get into?

I'm glad that as a 33-year-old working mother, I can still choose to wear a Hello Kitty T-shirt or stay up late scrolling through the Twitter feed of my junior-high crush.

Couture gowns are like gremlins; you can't expose them to bright light or get them wet.

He is the cheese to my macaroni.

Thanks a heap coyote ugly. This cactus-gram stings worse than your abandonment.

The best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are.

I've been told that I'm incompetent, socially retarded, maladjusted. I still know that I couldn't function in reality. Los Angeles is a good place for me.

It doesn't matter if they're in front of the camera or behind the camera. I know women who are producers who are surviving on nothing but juice and almonds.

I think sometimes people really require the satisfaction of closure.

I think it's great when writers get recognition; it doesn't happen very often. I just don't want that writer to be me. Let it be Aaron Sorkin or, you know, somebody good.

She has man's brain--a brain that a man should have were he much gifted--and woman's heart. The good God fashioned her for a purpose, believe me when He made that so good combination.

Being free means "being free for the other, " because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free

No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.

As far as I'm concerned, the most important thing you need when inventing characters is empathy.

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.

I'm not someone who feels the pressure of someone else's expectations. That's a very young way to feel.

I put out a lot of ideas in the lyrics and the way I do my things. There's a lot of ideas floatin' around and people who know what it is. People will pick it up if they know what to pick up.

This is a roadside attraction,' said Wednesday. 'One of the finest. Which means it is a place of power.

I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.

The amateur tweets. The pro works.