What would bug the Taliban more than seeing a gay woman in a suit surrounded by Jews?

Who needs sleep? I laugh in the face of sleep!

When your heart is broken, when your heart has cracks in it, it lets the light in.

Above all, I strive to be the best I can - to be better than I was yesterday and better tomorrow.

For a long time I thought I knew for sure who I was. I grew up in New Orleans and became a comedian. And there was everything that came along with that. The nightclubs. The smoking. The drinking. Then I turned 13.

I'm a comedian, and I definitely see the humor in a lot of things. I am also sad a lot. I cry often and easily. I think you're supposed to feel all kinds of things.

Please raise your children with love and non-judgement. Tell them everyone has the right to love who they want to love. It shouldn’t threaten you or who you are.