Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime.

If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow.

There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.

If you look around to find meaning in everything that happens, you will end up disappointed. Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on. I ask myself, If I knew all the answers, would it help? I lie awake and wonder why I don’t have parents and wonder what will become of my brother and me. But when the morning comes, I realize that there’s nothing to be done about what has already happened. I can only get up and do my chores and push through the day and find the good in it.

But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.

I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?

I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.