I'm pretty social so it's hard for me to find solitude, but I need to have solitude to write.
The first time I did stand-up was the summer I was 17.
Your inability to see yourself clearly is what's keeping you alive.
Don't tell girls they can be anything they want when they grow up. Because it would have never occurred to them that they couldn't. It's like saying, 'Hey, when you get in the shower, I'm not gonna read your diary. ' 'Wait--are you gonna read my diary?' 'No! I said I'm not gonna read your diary. Go take a shower!'
We need to stop telling girls they can be anything they want when they grow up. Because it would have never occurred to them that they couldn't.
I think the difference between being miserable and finding happiness is just a matter of perspective. If you live your life defining yourself by what other people think of you, it's a form of self-torture.
Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill.
Because I'm from North Carolina, you think I'm the Andy Griffith show, or something?
It’s not what you are that counts, it’s what they think you are.
Commerce links all mankind in one common brotherhood of mutual dependence and interests.
I'm pretty sure JAY Z don't wanna rap right now.