Comedy is quite a difficult place for queers and for women.

I could never make a joke about somebody unless I could say it to their face and they'd laugh.

I became a comedian because I didn't want to be bullied anymore. Onstage I was safe.

I get up around 7 a.m. That's very early for a stand-up comic. Then I'll have breakfast with my husband, the artist Al Ridenour, take my three dogs for a walk and commence with my work.

There are definitely racial problems in this country [the USA]. Comedy is a way we can figure out how to solve it, and how to solve it without making people really angry.

If you have sex, it should be for you, not for the other person.

I have permanent damage to my body because I wanted to be thin.