It's not common for a woman on television, especially if she's the mom of the family, to be funny. She's usually a straight man or foil.

I am not bored at all. I am not bored in the least.

Things come to you in life when you're prepared for them, when you're ready for them.

It's easier to lecture women on sexual morality than it is to explain why all Americans shouldn't have comprehensive, fair, and equal health care coverage.

People seem to think that you should be willing to speak to them whether they're jerks or not.

Once when we were fifteen, River (Phoenix) and I went out for this fancy dinner in Manhattan and I ordered soft-shell crabs. He left the restaurant and walked around on Park Avenue, crying. I went out and said, "I love you so much. Why?" He had such a pain that I was eating an animal, that he hadn't impressed on me what was right. I loved him for that. For his dramatic desire that we share every belief, that I be with him all the way

I like things that are civilized.