I was the editor of the school newspaper and in drama club and choir, so I was not a popular girl in the traditional sense, but I think I was known for being relatively scathing.

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

I was ten. I had noticed something was weird earlier in the day, but I knew from commercials that one's menstrual period was a blue liquid that you poured like laundry detergent onto maxi pads to test their absorbency. This wasn't blue, so... I ignored it for a few hours.

It has been said that to write is to live forever. The man who said that is dead.

We're gonna promote freedom. Usher in democratic values and ideals. And fight terror-loving terrorists.

Ah, babies! They’re more than just adorable little creatures on whom you can blame your farts.

My problem with the traditional acting method was that I never understood what you were supposed to be thinking about when you're onstage.