Heather and I decided we were going to be pretty low-key at the convention.

It's always better to deliver the news yourself rather than allow your boss to be surprised.

The vice presidential candidate tends to be a bit of an afterthought.

Campaign staffers develop the ability to sleep through anything.

Every piece of remotely responsible research that has been done in the last 20 years on this issue has shown there is no difference between children who are raised by same-sex parents and children who are raised by opposite-sex parents. What matters is that children are being raised in a stable, loving environment.

I would also hope that no one would think about trying to amend the constitution as a political strategy.

I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times.