There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage.
Carol LeiferSex 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.
Carol LeiferOh, this is fun - went to a nude beach for the first time. Yeah, that's what I thought. You ever been to a nude beach? Thought it would be all sexy and hot. Oh my God, what a flubber fest! Everybody who shouldn't be naked is naked - didn't make me want to take off my clothes, made me want to take out my contacts.
Carol LeiferI think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.
Carol Leifer