You see the movie with the music and the editing and all the parts that you weren't there for when it was being filmed, and you really appreciate all the names that are scrolling by. You realize that you accomplished so much.

When I was about seven, I started touring the globe as part of New York's La MaMa theater company - without my parents!

There is something wonderful about coming to terms with time - that it is finite. You want to have as much joy in your life as possible, and you take responsibility for your own joy.

I'm not a bad parent and partner, even if I make a thousand mistakes.

I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.

Catholics have guilt and Jews have guilt, fine. But mothers can trump them all.

So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done.