I think part of picking where you live in New York is accepting who you are. Really looking at yourself and going, 'Yeah, I'm not cool enough for the West Village.'

Am I just chasing it because it's the hardest thing for me to get and I want to prove I can do it?

[Please let my daughter] not have to wear high heels.

Instead of trying to fit an impossible ideal, I took a personal inventory of all my healthy body parts for which I am grateful: Straight Greek eyebrows. They start at the hairline at my temple and, left unchecked, will grow straight across my face and onto yours.

Sleep when your baby sleeps. Everyone knows this classic tip, but I say why stop there? Scream when your baby screams. Take Benadryl when your baby takes Benadryl. And walk around pantless when your baby walks around pantless.

You have to try your hardest to be at the top of your game and improve every joke you can until the last possible second, and then you have to let it go.

If you care about [the characters] as if they were real, that always helps.