I have always employed humor, and I think it's absolutely crucial that we do because, among other things, humor is the only free emotion.

As a profession, freelance writing is notoriously insecure. That's the first argument in its favor. For many reasons, a few of them rational, the thought of knowing exactly what next year's accomplishments, routine, income, and vacation will be - or even what time I have to get up tomorrow morning - has always depressed me.

Given the expectations of society at large, men are generally correct in their assumption that it is important for a woman to have a man. What they do not understand is how pathetically little difference it makes what man.

What has the women’s movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro’s candidacy for vice president? Never get married.

Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it.

I haven't been in a job situation in which I was competing with other women. As a writer, you're more likely to be treated as an individual.

There were never that many women stand-up comics in the past because the power to make people laugh is also a power that gets people upset.