Personally I don't spend much time thinking about being funny. For me it's always been just a way to get by, a way to be likable yet to remain removed. When I speak up, it's not because I have any particular answers; rather, I have a desire to puncture the pretentiousness of those who seem so certain they do.

The signature of a truly enviable woman is the tenacity and continuity of her women friends.

Bruce was a genius, conveniently born on Christmas Eve with, according to my mother, Messiah potential.

I'm perpetually curious as to what happened to all those supposed prodigies who were singled out while I and my coterie of far more interesting malcontents passed on.

to live life as a writer is a very lucky thing.

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents.

Work is a way of shutting out ambiguous sentiment.