I can't swim and I'm terrified of drowning, but I still love being by water - just not in it.

Anybody who knows about having a premature baby, it's horrific. He was part of a twin, and I lost his sister.

With me being in so many pain from when you have a betrayal from your best friend - who was my husband - and the girl got pregnant, I couldn't even get out of bed. The only thing that saved me was my stand-up. I would get on stage and just talk about stuff, and I made people laugh. A lot of women e-mail me and say, 'How do you smile? How do you laugh at something like this?' That's how I do it. I laugh because that's how I get through pain.

If you don't go towards the thing you fear, you won't be able to say you lived.

My husband, Sal, and I put date nights on the calendar once a week. I know that doesn't sound romantic, but otherwise it won't get done.

I can't swim and I'm terrified of drowning, but I still love being by water - just not in it.

I worked at Sears in the Woodfield Mall as a gift wrapper. I'm actually a great gift wrapper, and the customers were so nice to me. I was only 16, and eventually Sears put me in customer service because I was so friendly.