You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns - enjoy!'

I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write.

Most of my life I didn't feel very normal. There's definitely been some moments where I feel like, all right, I've finally graduated and I'm a normal lady.

The thing you can do better than anyone else is love your children, because they're your children.

I thought she was the funniest woman, and I believed being a comedian was the most exciting thing you could be.

I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I’m African American but that doesn’t include the other half of me.

I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves.