Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn’t think we needed to know.
There’s power in looking silly and not caring that you do.
You never know what’s around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone’s hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.
I hope and assume that every good comedy writer, no matter the age, has a moment where they discover how great Cheers is.
Don’t treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used.
I love my boys so much I fear my heart will explode. I wonder if this love will crack open my chest and split me in half. It is scary, this love.
Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.
The desire to work with Burrows-Charles was really to change NBC’s identity, to say, “We want to be in the sophisticated-adult-comedy business.”
The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have, and not obsess about what you don’t have, the happier you will be.
Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it. And by doing it, they’re proven right.
I have a boyfriend who knows how to settle me. He puts his hand on my chest and tells me boring stories. On one of our first nights together I woke up apologizing for my snoring and he pulled out two earplugs he had worn to bed so he could hear what I was saying.
The truth is, writing is this: hard and boring and occasionally great but usually not.
I am interested in people who swim in the deep end. I want to have conversations about real things with people who have experienced real things. I’m tired of talking about movies and gossiping about friends. Life is crunchy and complicated and all the more delicious.
No one looks stupid when they’re having fun.
I find my relationships at 40-plus are really emulsified, juicy relationships because you have more of a sense of who you are and who you want to be around.
A person’s tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep grooves into our brains each time we tell it. But we aren’t one story. We can change our stories. We can write our own.
Don’t treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used. And don’t try to give me that nerd argument that your heart is a ‘Batman’ with a limited-edition silver bat-erang and therefore if it stays in its original packing it increases in value.
People who read are people who dream, and we connect through the stories we live and tell and read.
Any actor or actress that tells you that they don’t watch their stuff is lying.
Sleep can completely change your entire outlook on life. One good night’s sleep can help you realize that you shouldn’t break up with someone, or you are being too hard on your friend, or you actually will win the race or the game or get the job. Sleep helps you win at life.