[On Lisa Kudrow:] She's like the best kind of jazz there is. You don't know what note she's going to hit and it's always a surprise.

Oh, I'm so inadequate. And I love myself!.

Through Clinton and Monica, Clinton and Hillary, the scandal, the impeachment, Iraq, Bruce and Demi, Ellen and Anne, I have remained consistently and nauseatingly adorable. I have, in fact, been known to cause diabetes.

All this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings

It was not a healthy marriage for long time. It was never about another man, it was about what my and Dennis's relationship could not sustain.

All of [motherhood] surprised me. It surprised me from the very first second I saw Jack. I'd believed that my pregnancy was a condition. It never computed. And there he was. Everyone made fun of me because I stared at him for months and months, not being able to believe he was real.

When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.