I believe it's a real tedious hostage negotiation to have a marriage be what it is.

You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness.

It's all I have left in my life, caffeine and a poodle.

I love strong women, not only in life but in craft.

I would probably be a teacher if I weren't a comedian.

My whole life, I've been telling jokes.

It's fun to play people who are flawed.

There's a black man inside of me just trying to make bail.

I was very, very large as a kid and never athletic, and my home life was a little upside down and I never felt comfortable.

I think we love watching people that are flawed because we're all flawed.

Anyone can cook but only the fearless can be great.

When failure knocks on your door, ignore it.When defeat bangs on your door, lock it.When success knocks on your door, answer it.When greatness knocks on your door, seize it.

I was falling. Falling through time and space and stars and sky and everything in between. I fell for days and weeks and what felt like lifetime across lifetimes. I fell until I forgot I was falling.

The Physician, by the study and inspection of urine and ordure, approves himself in the science; and in like sort should our author accustom and exercise his imagination upon the dregs of nature.

You have to see yourself as victorious

What are we doing that for in the 21st century? Why on earth would we teach kids that girls are less important than boys? It just made no sense to me.

When I first started out I actually was trying to use music to promote feminist ideas and at certain points, anti-violence against women and girls-type causes I was involved in.

My work was my life, and my life was my work, and there was a kind of blur between reality and what was being created.

The death penalty is reserved for people who do not

Please allow me to beckon ye, paramours!