I don't think there is a hidden purpose to the universe that you have to puzzle out.

Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know.

I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.

It’s harder to talk about, but what I really, really, really want for Christmas is just this: I want to be 5 years old again for an hour. I want to laugh a lot and cry a lot. I want to be picked or rocked to sleep in someone’s arms, and carried up to be just one more time. I know what I really want for Christmas: I want my childhood back. People who think good thoughts give good gifts.

I talk about very serious human affairs but with a lightness of heart.

One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem.

It's not that I'm not grateful for all this attention. It's just that fame and fortune ought to add up to more than fame and fortune.