I can never tell when something is funny. I just have to do it onstage and find out.

My former bullies pay extra to come backstage and meet me after shows, and I pretend not to know them in front of their friends. It is the most divine pleasure to exact the revenge of the brutalized child that resides within.

I really love Steve Martin and all the stuff he did in the '70s. I think it's really great.

When we're talking about feminism, I get sort of lost in the argument. Because as a woman of color, I don't know where I belong in this argument. Where do I say, 'I would be happy to have less money'? How do you fight for your rights when I'm super-grateful to be here at all?

It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you.

As a woman of color you have little more permission to go deeper and question things because your identity, in a way, is a shield. But if you come at it from a minority status, my person, who I am, softens the blow of whatever it is that I'm saying, because I am that.

I am always writing no matter what I am doing and no matter what it is for.