Many animal rescue organizations hit with a hard-core, heartbreaking message. Their videos and stories can become difficult for average people to watch. By taking a more positive, heartwarming approach to animal rescue, I've been able to engage people and keep them engaged for years. Instead of selling the agony and misery - and sadly, there is no shortage of that - I start with the happy endings. I work backwards so the first message they get is joy and success due to their involvement. Opening the mind with humor and joy gets the rescue message in that much deeper.

I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body.

I can't get married. I can't fake sleep for 30 years.

I'm pretty equal opportunity when it comes to issues to joke about.

I'd much rather see Richard Pryor or Jackie Mason in a theater than in a club.

San Francisco is really fun and liberal, and it's my kind of politics. It's like being Jewish in front of Jewish people.

I always had a running commentary in my head that was extremely funny and off-center, but I never said it to anyone.