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.

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

I consider a CD or a comedy collection as a record of what I've been doing, and I try to wrap it up and start new material.

Each time we had a visiting writer, I asked what she thought of women and humor. By the end of the year, I had perfected my question and asked Adrienne Rich why there was so little written about women and humor. She looked at me right in the eye and said, 'You write it.' I took that as an order.

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.

Moms Mabley said you have to say good things about the dead. I say, 'He's dead. Good.'

Teaching is performance art.