At 11 years old I made a very definitive decision. And my decision was that I wanted to be happy.
I've finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?
I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.
Happiness, I think, has to come in the beginning, truly, from feeling a sense of well-being within yourself. To me it's that incredible sense of belonging and peace within your own self and heart that really is joy.
All I ever wanted to be was happy.
Comedy breaks down walls. It frees us for just a moment from the ugliness of this world.