"I'm very involved in the writing on every level."

"I did a terrible television pilot that was so badly written and dumb that it became a turning point for me and I decided that I would never accept a job just because I needed the money."

"I was popular. I wasn't the most popular. But I definitely held my own."

"Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it."

"If we don't empower ourselves with knowledge, then we're gonna be led down a garden path."

"People lived in the same apartments for years. You'd meet a group of kids in kindergarten, and you'd still be with them in high school. No one ever left the neighborhood."

"I've lived three lifetimes in my short time."

"Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels."

"Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour."

"I like to cook, walk on the beach, go to concerts and look at fine art."

"My clothes are predominately black and my home is predominantly white."

"I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover."

"Life is precious and there's not a lot of room for anger."

"It was a small provincial place with great people and I had a happy childhood growing up in Queens."

"Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that."

"Well, every time I get ready to do a job I want to lose weight."

"I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home."

"And remember, it's also very funny, because side by side with grief lies joy."

"I told her I wanted a plastic surgeon to sew me up, and I wanted her to freeze my ovaries, so I could harvest the eggs and have a biological child through a surrogate."

"I have been dairy free for several years, and I started because I felt it was going to reduce my allergies, which it did, and help me lose weight, which it did."

"Though I'm not religious in the classical sense I did partake in Passover."

"I like writing better. Because I don't have to wear makeup, I don't have to be thin, and I don't have to remember lines."

"Once you wake up and smell the coffee, it's hard to go back to sleep."

"I have very eclectic taste in music, but when it comes to going to concerts, I like going to rock concerts."

"Well, my favorite color I guess I would say yellow."

"You know I think that going into therapy is a very positive thing, and talking about it is really helpful, because the more you talk the more your fears fade, because you get it out."