Once you're a mom, always a mom. It's like riding a bike, you never forget.
It's hard to give someone advice when you're an institution. I don't really put a lot of pressure on it - I'm just open to doing stuff that's challenging.
I was always pretty broad. I've had a couple bad experiences. One time, I showed up late for a gig in Brooklyn at an Italian restaurant. I ran on stage, did my show, and then some guy in the audience threatened to kill me because he didn't like my joke. Instead of talking to him, I just ran off stage. And then, because I was late, the owner of the restaurant threatened to kill me. And I was 19 years old and so scared that I almost started crying. But, I've done every gig you can imagine, in every state.
Babies are like the smallest, drunkest people you know.
[Being a good comedian] is a skill, but it's also a weird thing that only certain people can do. I always equate it to surgeons and how they can just cut people open and operate. Certain people are just wired differently, and I feel like comics are the same way.
The key to comedy is commitment - if you're afraid, you shouldn't be a comedian.
I have no problem doing gay stuff, I really don't care.
There is no way to use non-Christian language and logic to arrive at Christian utterances, conclusions, and behavior.
August creates as she slumbers, replete and satisfied.
As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond.
Making mental connections is our most crucial learning tool, the essence of human intelligence; to forge links; to go beyond the given; to see patterns, relationships, context.