Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

I'm an experienced woman; I've been around. ... Well, all right, I might not've been around, but I've been ... nearby.

Well, there are certain foods that I prefer not to eat because they're just such a jolt to the system

I really consider myself a Californian, but I have those great comedic roots in Brooklyn.

I'm sort of doing a lot of the things now that I never thought I would and that I wished I had done a year or so ago.

I wish that I could write. I think that's a wonderful outlet for an artist. You are ultimately in control. Your fate is not determined by outside influences. You can write wherever you are. I don't think I have the talent.

A friend will give you immediate feedback and that will be that friend's opinion. An analyst often remains quiet and you hear what you've said and you gain your own insight.