Relations between black and white would be greatly improved if we were more accepting of our fears and our feelings and more vocal about it.

Sometimes loving each other isn't enough. You have to be responsible for your own happiness. You can't stay in a relationship because you're afraid of the unknown.

I love children. I'm embarrassingly baby-crazy.

You know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage.

My stepfather, John O'Hara, was the goodest man there was. He was not a man of many words, but of carefully chosen ones. He was the one parent who didn't try to fix me. One night I sat on his lap in his chair by the wood stove, sobbing. He just held me quietly and then asked only, "What does it feel like?" It was the first time I was prompted to articulate it. I thought about it, then said, "I feel homesick." That still feels like the most accurate description - I felt homesick, but I was home.

This is AIDS. AIDS is as real as an egg.

Some people say my humor focuses too much on stereotypes. It doesn't. It focuses on facts.