Let's be real: dads get a bad rap in the media. We're talking Vanilla Ice's 'Ninja Rap' bad. More often than not, they're either pop lockin' Soul Train-style after learning they aren't the father, or they're selfish man-children who have more toys than brain cells.

Sometimes it's good to say no. Sometimes it's good to not act impulsively.

I think what's good is that men are now realizing that life is not a buffet where you just get to pick and choose whatever you want.

Like lots of people, I really love Roxane Gay.

If the guy does not treat you with love and respect, does not cease-and-desist with all the game playing, is not willing to share his world with you, then he is bad for you.

Let's stop acting like a man who is clear about his intentions, is open to love, and has a good head on his shoulders is 'boring,' 'lame,' and 'not passionate like the edgy guy.'

I have watched every single season of 'American Idol' since the beginning, when Ryan Seacrest co-hosted with Brian Dunkleman. Brian who? Exactly.

I'm a very business-minded person.

Sometimes in stand-up, you want that late-night set where you get that five minutes, then you want a half-hour special, and then the crown, if you will, is an HBO special.

I think anytime you work on something, even if you feel really good about it, you're never really sure. Once it's in the public space, it's out of my hands.

I love doing standup, but I love watching it more. Watching people like Michelle Buteau or Baron Vaughn get up and do their thing - that is what comedy can be like.

Typically, in New York, there are so many comics on a single lineup that you can only do eight minutes.

I've experienced harassment. I've had male comedians be very inappropriate.

I'm from Cleveland, Ohio. I was the only black girl in my grade. And I was just, like, really dorky. Like, I wasn't cool.

Being in a male-dominated industry, you can feel like a little excluded. That was making me feel like maybe I'm not funny. I was really seriously considering, like, quitting standup.

I will allow myself to sleep in until 9 A.M. on the weekends.

I'm not a caffeine person.

I like the gym the best when it's mostly empty.

I try to read 20 books a year.

I started watching 'Daria' when I was in college because I didn't have cable growing up. It's such a smart show with a different type of female character.

I think that comfort is underrated in a lot of ways.

I want to have an empire. I like being in front of the camera, performing - but I would like to get to a place where I'm also executive producing and bringing other people along. People of all different walks of life, highlighting their voices.

I thought I was going to be a serious screenwriter and produce serious films. It was going to be 'American Beauty' and very important work.

I'm fabulous on a budget.

I think, at the end of the day, you have to decide what you want. Do you want to be famous? Do you want to be rich? Do you want to have a career? Those are three very different things.

I never really thought of comedy as a career. My goal was, when I moved to New York, I was going to write serious films.

As a kid I used to always write these stories... some of them were really cute; some of them were kind of crazy.

I don't have a stylist.

A lot of times in comedy, and also in podcasting and television, there are different kinds of voices that can be celebrated. So you can have 'Insecure' exist, you can have a '2 Dope Queens' exist, you can have 'The Mindy Project' exist - very distinct, funny voices from women and from people of color.

There are just so many brilliant voices out there. I'm not the funniest person out there, I'm not the best interviewer. I'm not the best at anything, but I really just am a big fan of everyone. I'm really driven by trying to make sure that representation is out there.

At its best, alt comedy can be challenging, surprising, and innovative. And at its worst, alt comics think that being awkward.com/FAQS is a substitution for punchlines.

Comedy is subjective, and any joke can be funny.

Any joke can be funny, but not any joke is funny. Any joke has the potential to be hilarious to you, but more importantly, the joke has the potential to not be funny to you but to someone else.

It is utterly asinine that people continually go to comedy shows without bothering to see if their sensibilities line up with the comedians.

One cannot control the life they are born into.

Anyone who does stand-up comedy can agree that doing a late-night spot is a dream of theirs.

I never really watched much stand-up growing up. I just was not really that into it. But I can say I honestly fell in love with it the second I touched the microphone. It was like this weird thing where it's like, 'Oh, yeah, this is what I'm supposed to do.'

'2 Dope Queens,' it was just a way for us to showcase female comedians, showcase comedians of color, showcase LGBT comedians, and shake up the landscape and be like, 'Hey, there is more than just what is out there.'

I think people just don't respect women's bodies in general, the bodies of women of color in general.

People like to pretend that all women have the same experience or that all gay people have the same experience. But everyone's life is different, and everyone's point of view is valid.

Making tough decisions that may make someone unhappy is something to get good at doing.

I'm really into short-story collections and essays; they're my jam.

I'm a nail biter and have been my whole life.

I'm going to keep doing the comedy and the art that I do. I'm going to keep uplifting marginalized voices, and I think that's my place to do that.

Seriously, show me a person who's not into Tom Hanks, and I'll show you a person who is anti-happiness.

Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore are two of the most charming A-listers in Hollywood.

I don't really read Stephen King - I just can't read scary things because it stays with me too long - but I truly liked his memoir of the craft of writing.

I'm obsessed with the Fenty beauty line. It's like, finally, women of color get good makeup.

Just like anyone else, I watch a lot of reality TV yet will turn my nose up at some of it, e.g., ABC's 'Splash,' because I think I'm above it.

It's better to keep your past and present loves separate.