"Interventionism is inextricable from the American idea. If the United States retreats into isolationism, it ceases to be itself ? a nation dedicated, however much it falls short, to a universalist ideal of freedom."

“My husband and I don't have children. We can't have children because we hate them.”

Source : "Nearly 200 Comedians, All Playing The Same City". "Morning Edition" with Elizabeth Blair, www.npr.org. July 24, 2015.

“I don't want to get ahead at the expense of somebody else. I don't even want to be the center of attention - I mean, yes, I made the movie and I can do all these things, but I don't want to always keep being in the middle of it. I want to collaborate with people and be a part of a creative community. I don't know.”

“I have a professional acquaintance whose recent eyelid job has left her with a permanent expression of such poleaxed astonishment that she looks at all times as if she had just read one of my books.”

“I try to imitate on the piano the leaps in space a dancer makes.”

Source : "Innovation, improvisation". Interview with Miya Masaoka, www.miyamasaoka.com. October 25, 2000.

“For too long, we've assumed that there is a single template for human nature, which is why we diagnose most deviations as disorders. But the reality is that there are many different kinds of minds. And that's a very good thing.”

“Each day I move toward that which I do not understand. The result is a continuous accidental learning which constantly shapes my life.”

“The public needs the equivalent of Chevrolets as well as Cadillacs.”

“They do the soaps differently in Mexico. You just have to know the storyline and not memorize the lines. There would be someone feeding you lines while you were performing.”