I'm fabulous on a budget.

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 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 think that comfort is underrated in a lot of ways.

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 try to read 20 books a year.

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

I'm not a caffeine person.

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

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'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.

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

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

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.

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.

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'm a very business-minded person.

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

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.'

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.

Like lots of people, I really love Roxane Gay.

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.

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

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.