I think that, on television and in film, I will continue to be the mother to hot boys until, inevitably, I am their grandmother.

I'm just a stage actress. I'm very comfortable onstage.

I live in Brooklyn, and I love all the hipsters and all the artisanal bacon you can get here now. I consider New York my home, and L.A. a place that I go. I always say I go with an empty sack and try to fill it with as much money as possible to bring back to New York.

I'd just love to have another TV series. I'll be the assistant D.A. on some crime show.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

Anyway, he and I worked on the script together, and I must say he was a joy to work with. Very enthusiastic.

There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.

My dad would go to work every day and write in a room full of funny people. He enjoyed it. I know great writers who find the process agonising but to me, writing has always been sheer joy.