I never think of the future. I never imagine what comes next.

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of the world hangs.

You have to like the present if not your life becomes secondhand if you think it was better before. Or that it will be better in the future.

To act is to anchor in an imminent future so imminent it becomes almost tangible to act is to feel you are consubstantial with that future.

The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips.

I have learned to live each day as it comes and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us.

When the people become involved in their government government becomes more accountable and our society is stronger more compassionate and better prepared for the challenges of the future.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

It's a funny thing because you look at the careers of other filmmakers and you see them sort of slow down and you realize maybe this becomes harder to do as you get older. That's sort of a cautionary thing. I hope it doesn't happen to me.

With Portlandia I don't think our intention is always to find something funny. Sometimes the humor comes from taking something really seriously. We're okay with making somebody feel uncomfortable or uneasy.

It's funny that it all becomes about clothes. It's bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it's all about your dress. You can't get away from it.

When it comes to war we focus more on the mainstream coverage of the event rather than the event itself. People dying is never funny. Protest puppets are always funny.

It's funny when people talk about the 70s I can tell you the year of every album but when it comes to the later efforts I can't remember the exact years it's funny isn't it?

Everyone comes up to me saying 'Cooee Julie! Hello!' as if I know them. Of course I don't bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think 'Ooh love go easy.' For a time I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny but it passes.

What's so great about working with really funny women is that vanity comes second. Whatever makes it real and funny they're going to go for and it's just great.

It's funny because I'm a sucker for glitz and glitter when it comes to clothes and nail polish but with my makeup I'm more comfortable with a natural look. It feels more like me.

Some of the writers I admire who seem very very funny and very emotional to me can develop a closeness with the reader without giving too much of themselves away. Lorrie Moore comes to mind as does David Sedaris. When they write the reader thinks that they're being trusted as a friend.

I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny that humor comes from a much gentler place.

I mean sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor and they just don't deliver because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful and they get that mixed up sometimes or don't even notice that that's the thing.

When you're out of sight for as long as I was there's a funny feeling of betrayal that comes over people when they see you again.

Comedy's so subjective and if someone comes to watch doesn't get it doesn't find it funny then fine.

If you tell the truth about how you're feeling it becomes funny.

Do I have a long-term plan? Kind of. I have a general direction I think. But it's funny what comes down the pike.