The things you used to own, now they own you.

Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave.

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

You have come a long way and have won many battles. Whenever you’re faced with a difficult or challenging situation, you’ll overcome it. Yes, you can.

Love is the only energy I’ve ever used as a writer. I’ve never written out of anger, although anger has informed love.

I'm a huge fan of Steve Martin. He's hilarious, but he has this depth to him and this way of dealing with the difficult things in life with a sense of humor that I think has helped me as an actress.

Almost anything can be funny if said the right way - but it has to be said the right way.

All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.

The Republican Party is not inclusive.

A man of faith will remain steadfast to truth even though the whole world might appear to be enveloped in falsehood.

I prefer that laughter shall take me unawares. Only so can it master and dissolve me.

Art when really understood is the province of every human being. It is simply a question of doing things, anything, well. It is not an outside, extra thing.