"None of my actions have ever sort of been motored by the search for a husband or wondering if I was going to have a family someday or wanting to live in a really great house or thinking it would be really great to have a diamond."

"Positive, healthy, loving relationships in your twenties... I don't know if anyone would disagree with it: I think they're the exception, not the norm. People are either playing house really aggressively because they're scared of what an uncertain time it is, or they're avoiding commitment altogether."

"It's funny, I never considered that people are going to see me on the show and maybe stop me on the subway."

"It's very easy for me to say what success is. I think success is connecting with an audience who understands you and having a dialogue with them. I think success is continuing to push yourself forward creatively and not sort of becoming a caricature of yourself."

"Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'."

"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

"It is a profound truth that he who inspires courage in a single soul has led a monumental campaign — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 81 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 51."