I'm just not one of those people who thought having biological children was that important, to me it was more about wanting to raise a child.
I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids.
I'm a very ritualistic, routine-oriented person, and I discovered over the years that I love working Monday through Friday.
I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.
I was a young kid from Long Island who wanted to do something large with her life, so I can relate to that.
I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.
I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.
I think that you do get a little extra jolt of confidence when you win an Emmy.
I sort of love reading the scripts and going, 'Oh wow, what a great idea. I never would have thought of that.'
I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.
I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
I love to hand sew. I sometimes make clothing for my children, which of course they grow out of in a matter of minutes. I thoroughly love it.
I love being able to take a nap in the afternoon.
I have this dog named Marley, and it is a kind of love I had never known. I have a hard time believing Marley did not come from my body. I know that sounds insane, but I feel that connected to her. She made me realize I wanted to adopt children.
I have lots of friends and, like me, they're not married. So my kids have lots of godparents - men and women, gay and straight. My loft is always filled with people helping me out with them and loving them.
I grew up kind of a tomboy and I used to fight with all the neighborhood boys.
I don't watch a lot of television.
I don't know what it must be like to be a writer in general, but to be a comedy writer, it's got to be something - it's a very special kind of talent.
I don't have examples in my life of people who are all good or bad; I have deeply loved many people who are both, and I relate to those kinds of people on a far greater level.
I do not cook.
I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt.
Coming home to my family afterward makes the work richer, easier and more fun.
Being a single mother was the right thing for me. But I have a tremendous amount of help from my friends. They're in love with my kids, and my kids are in love with them.
And hey-the psychiatrist in the show is Italian also. So people are going to focus on what they want to focus on. There's not much you can do about that.
We're living in a time when parenting is not at all mirroring the way I was parented. For me, I just followed my parents around on their errands; when they were busy on the phone, I was quiet. It's a different kettle of fish these days: They run the house, and you listen to their music, and you go t
