When my brother-in-law, BIll Clinton, was elected, he had gay friends. That was a coming out.

Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren't, more women would do it.

A friend told me that each morning when we get up we have to decide whether we are going to save or savor the world. I don't think that is the decision. It's not an either-or, save or savor. We have to do both, save and savor the world.

[On cloning sheep:] Oh great, just what we need - more sheep.

Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefore more accessible for women. But the very form of stand-up is masculine.

What goes for sex goes double for politics.

Laughter takes the tyranny of the lies we are told and told and told and it blows them apart.