All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by.

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

Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room. One person is all it takes to give a kid confidence.

Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.

Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time. Some artists never see their work in front of an audience, so for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.

I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.

Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated. In fact, I prefer it to elation or joy. Relief lets the air out of the Tire of Pain.