Wendy Wasserstein — American Playwright born on October 18, 1950, died on January 30, 2006

Wendy Wasserstein was an American playwright. She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1989 for her play The Heidi Chronicles... (wikipedia)

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.
Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents.
The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.
Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me, I'm a respectable grown-up, and other times I just want to jump into a paper bag and shake and bake myself to death.
Because of Mozart, it's all over after the age of seven.