We are the only animals that let our kids come back home.

It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful.

You are more important to yourself than you think you are.

It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices.

I feel that in-person contact with people is the most important thing in comedy. While I'm up on stage, I can actually put myself into the audience and adjust my pace and tuning to them. I can get into their heads through their ears and through their eyes. Only through this total communication can I really achieve what I'm trying to do.

Anyone can dabble, but once you've made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it's very hard for people to stop you.

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.