She’s easy to like. I’ve never understood why that’s considered a compliment - that just anyone could like you.

My mother had always told her kids: if you're about to do something, and you want to know if it's a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see.

Ironic people always dissolve when confronted with earnestness, it's their kryptonite

What a generous thing that is, I realize, for a husband to try to make his wife laugh.

I'd come to believe there was no food more depressing than Danish, a pastry that seemed stale upon arrival

I was pretending, the way I often did, pretending to have a personality. I can't help it, it's what I've always done: The way some women change fashion regularly, I change personalities. What persona feels good, what's coveted, what's au courant? I think most people do this, they just don't admit it, or else they settle on one persona because they are too lazy or stupid to pull a switch.

I like the discipline of writing a script. You can't go into the character's head - you have to find these creative ways to help externalize what they're thinking.