I never thought I was going to have children. I just thought after 45, that was it.

My father was a really funny guy. He lived a good long life. And he was the reason I wanted to be funny and become a comedian and a comedy writer, so to say that he's somewhat of a mythic figure in my life would be an understatement.

My father was a huge influence on me.

Obviously, at this age, I've lost people in my life. But with a parent, it's just different. I was very attached to my father and had this naive little-girl notion that he'd always be around. So I'm finding acceptance of my father's death is the hardest thing to accept.

Sex when you're married is like going to the 7-Eleven: There's not much variety, but at three in the morning, it's always there.

As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection.

There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage.