It's a very complicated issue, this fame thing - I was not really cut out for it. There are some really fantastic things about it, but it's difficult for a private person like myself.

I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt.

I have lots of friends and, like me, they're not married. So my kids have lots of godparents - men and women, gay and straight. My loft is always filled with people helping me out with them and loving them.

I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that has kept me safest and sanest.

I've watched those shows my whole life - being on one is like a dream. It's hard to balance that dream with the fact that this is the Edie I've known my whole life.

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.

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it.