I don't watch a lot of television.

It's hard to notice things without people noticing me and that takes some getting used to.

Mother elephants in the circus cannot help their babies, but we can.

I have this dog named Marley, and it is a kind of love I had never known. I have a hard time believing Marley did not come from my body. I know that sounds insane, but I feel that connected to her. She made me realize I wanted to adopt children.

I was a young kid from Long Island who wanted to do something large with her life, so I can relate to that.

Obviously, it wasn't meant for me to die of cancer at 40. Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer diagnosis surprised me. But you roll with it. That's our job as humans.

I don't know what it must be like to be a writer in general, but to be a comedy writer, it's got to be something - it's a very special kind of talent.