Marry somebody you love and who thinks you being a writer's a good idea.

Paul Ryan's just a really, deeply evil little creature. But he's not little; he's actually quite tall, I'm sorry to see. I'm always sorry when really bad guys are tall.

The art of living your life has a lot to do with getting over loss. The less the past haunts you, the better.

I'm an equal opportunity reader - although I don't much read plays. And since I was raised a Presbyterian, pretty much all pleasures are guilty.

You're only good if you can do bad and decide not to.

What was our life like? I almost don't remember now. Though I remember it, the space of time it occupied. And I remember it fondly.

You can't always go to the well and have things be funny.