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.
[On being lesbian:] One pointer: don't come out to your dad in a moving vehicle.
Teaching is performance art.
I'm really happy that I was raised Catholic because it's given me years of material.
What goes for sex goes double for politics.
When my brother-in-law, BIll Clinton, was elected, he had gay friends. That was a coming out.