My dog of 17 years just died. Oh you're kidding?... Noooo... as funny as that is, I'm not

I'm a - I'm a, um, a godmother which is just, that's fun to be a godmother, she is so precious, she's the light of my life, she's two... or five or something, and she's, uh... I don't know, I've never seen her - the pictures are precious, she just seems so, y'know... She lives clear across town, I don't have that kind of time, but, um... Well, I send money and stuff, it's not like I don't have a connection...

I think furniture is art. I don't think art is just for your walls - I think everything that someone has made is a piece of art.

I think beauty comes from actually knowing who you are. That's real beauty to me.

Never follow anyone else's path, unless you're in the woods and you're lost.

If there weren't blacks, Jews and gays, there would no Oscars. Or anyone named Oscar, if you think about that.

I'm just saying we can all work on our manners. We can say please and thank you. We can be punctual. We can just be nicer to one another. It's something we have in our power to do. It reminds me of that Margaret Mead quote: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.