“I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.”

“Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.”

“We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.”

“Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?”

“Here is my prescription to heal all wounds. Watch the film 'Funny Girl' at least five times, eat at least 45 chocolate bars, and hang out with all those friends you blew off to hang out with your ex. I truly believe that, through a combination of Nutella, old pals and Barbra Streisand, we can achieve happiness and, very probably, world peace.”

“Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.”

“Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?”