Lily Tomlin

"Nobody can tell you if what you're doing is good, bad, or indifferent. You have to make those judgments."

"I like Jane Austen; I have to put her in the book because she's terribly relevant now."

"Things are tough when you're trying to be honest while the world is trying to be dishonest."

"I have no friends but I have acquaintances who haven't murdered me yet."

"The world's a stage, but I've come to believe the audience is probably fiction."

"I'm trying to do something about the population problem. But if I advocate doing anything, they kill me."

"I feel like I'm meditating even when I'm talking."

"There's something about comedy and tragedy—they're really two sides of the same coin."

"I didn't want to just be in the sitcom format. I wanted to explore."

"What if there were no hypothetical situations?"

"I think death is the most important thing about life. You see how small we really are."

"I try to be cynical, but it all comes out as sadness instead."

"When you actually look at history, it's not one thing that wins. It's usually a combination of factors."

"I tried to be like them until I realized that I was like me."

"People are not lazy—people are just not motivated by your goals."

"What do people mean when they say the child is growing up in these strange times? When weren't times strange?"

"I think I've found the best kind of friendship: the kind between one person and their dog."

"The key is that I'm not trying to be anything other than what I am."

"Even though the world keeps changing, human nature doesn't seem to."

"I don't think women need to be glamorous to be powerful."

"Why is it that when we talk to God we're praying, but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?"

"The secret of life is not to be in love with your own success."

"I've always found that the simplest explanation is usually the right one."

"Sometimes being true to yourself means being untrue to everyone else."

"The best relationships are built on trust, and trust is built on honesty."

"I don't think I'm funny because I think tragedy is funny. I think comedy is about pain."