I think that sometimes people [who overreact or lash out] will hang on to their point just because they're so embarrassed that they made it. They won't set it down because they are the authors of these [disproportionate responses] and they have a lot to be embarrassed about.

Some people are that - more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion.

I really (became) very independent. I was start(ed) to write one-woman shows and mak(e) films and to me I think I really felt like my choice (was) more important than any kind of career goal.

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

People are so sensitive about race that they can't hear someone speaking about their life in a very true way, or doing satire or political parody.

People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.

My attitude toward peace does not depend on which war we are discussing. I think that words should do the work of bombs.