“Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.”

“'Feminist comedy,' practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children.”

“When you learn that a truth is a lie, anger follows.”

“The word 'success' - who's defining it? It's about whether or not it makes me feel good. Four billion people don't have to see or hear it. If I've enjoyed the process of creation and I'm at peace, then what happens next is just entertainment. If mass appeal were actually something, Marilyn Monroe wouldn't be dead.”

“I find it amusing on one level, poignant on another, when people try to get recognition from an outside source. It's sad.”

“I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested.”

“Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.”

“Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert. Those are the guys I look at who are telling me pretty much the truth. And they throw humor into it which makes it much more interesting to listen to.”

“You can't make people change, but the organizers of WorldFest hope that people consider being vegetarian for both moral and health reasons.”

“There is an attitude that we should be able to have everything. No, you shouldn't be able to have anything. I'd like a helicopter, but I can't afford a helicopter, so I don't buy one. People are buying stuff they can't afford on credit. I bought my Ford hybrid with cash.”

“No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is you still have to get out of it.”