I talk to a lot of librarians, and there's always a steady drumbeat of how libraries are places of community. But a lot of them have also recently - and just in the nick of time - refurbished, because during this economic downturn, people have a tendency to borrow instead of buy.

I used to watch 'The Waltons' and sob because my family was nothing like that. We had a cruel sense of humor in my family.

Speaking of happy successes, after years of struggling to lose those few extra pounds every mother puts on during adoption, particularly when the doctor orders bed rest, in 2004 I sent my assistant to the Gap in dark glasses with a fake ID to purchase my first pair of Easy Fit jeans.

I've decided that perhaps I'm bulimic and just keep forgetting to purge.

I love talking to the audience, and I must be the luckiest performer in the world. I always land something or somebody that just takes off.

You know, in politics when you come in third, it's a win.

My act is sort of improvisational. I have a skeleton in my head, but no fat or skin on it.