The schedule of doing a live TV show every week is very difficult.

I'm particularly fortunate to be in a position where I can bring my child to work and be able to get good child care. Not a lot of women have that.

There is sexism - I'm not denying its existence. But I'm saying that I will deny its effort against me. I just pay it no nevermind and say, 'Get out of my way.'

I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I nor the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

I dropped out of college my junior year to do saturday night live, and I didn't even consult my parents. They were very supportive because they had no choice.

I really do like to work. I will work again. But on my terms.

There is tremendous inequity in Hollywood and politics, and I would say globally it's challenging to be a woman and succeed.

If I have chocolate around, I will eat it. I love it, I love it, I love it. I like a piece every day.

Keeping a sense of humor about life. My parents divorced when I was 8, and whenever I felt down, my mom would remind me that a sense of humor gets you through just about anything.

It is, I think, harder for women. I haven't quite figured it out, and all of my women friends haven't figured it out -how the hell do you do this? How do you work and have families?

Some people can sometimes really invade your space and kind of never leave you alone.

Our thoughts and perceptions are our god.Our true inner awareness is the purest temple, where I worship every day for the divine.

Never a good sign, he thought, when the crows showed up.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city it might be better to change the locks.

The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically.

Seek to know the power that is within you.

Sometimes I stumble upon a wonderfully irresistible to me voice, unexpectedly.

Our jobs as artists is to make sure our art tells a real story and let people see themselves in these characters. It's about having a conversation about being better people.

I don't like writing as an expert. I like writing as an amateur. I like writing as an idiot. It's much more fun to start in ignorance.

Our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves, and of our visible, sensible world.

He was looking at her from behind the smiling that wasn't smiling but was something you were not supposed to see beyond.