The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

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.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

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

Work is a way of shutting out ambiguous sentiment.

I really worked at becoming more assertive, and now none of my friends talk to me.

I thought I would write something that would make some people uncomfortable. . . . What intrigued me, I think, was the idea of women of my own generation who were successful, intelligent, coming to power and suddenly in the public arena. I started to think about what they are allowed and what they are not allowed.