I didn't get an agent until after 'Last Comic Standing' - of course, getting on a show like that will get you attention.

I grew up in a bit of a vacuum. And as a kid, you see 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' and you're like, 'Oh, it's a cartoon.' There's mixed media. It's funny, and there's stop-motion. But as an adult, you figure it out, how the entire underpinnings of their comedy was poking fun at the rank and file of the British aristocracy and the monarchy.

I'm a huge sketch comedy fan, and I think my love of sketch is reflected in my stand-up in that I do a lot of vignettes and voices and characters.

Part of being a comic is being flexible, being versatile.

A lot of comedians are really funny onstage, but they can't do a podcast.

There was a sketch group at Emerson, and if you could believe it, we were the cool kids. That's how Emerson rolls. I was a film major, but I spent most of my time doing that.

I want girls to know that whatever you're feeling, I'm feeling too. All the things that you think make you crazy, it's OK to feel that way, and I'm gonna tell you why we feel that way.

I don't write anything. It's all done onstage, which is why I always tell younger comics that they just have to go do it. You have to get up, talk, and take a thought or a word and just expound, and you find it in there. I don't sit down and write.

We're so hard on ourselves, and there's a freedom in realizing that we're our toughest critics.

If you think you're good enough, then you find it preposterous when somebody doesn't acknowledge that... That's propelled me in many ways - maybe thinking I deserve things that I don't at some time. But I'm always willing to put in the work.

I'm pale, and people need to accept that I'm almost see-through.

I'm really good at saying what other people are thinking and making it relatable.

I have the comedic chops and intelligence to raise points and discuss both sides of whatever is on our mind as a society.

I used to take a recorder around and interview my parents and do impressions of my classmates as guests on my show.

I think that it's an easy thing to say, that whenever women do stand up, that 'Oh, they must hate men' - and I'm like, 'Well, if you listen carefully, it's actually a lovely tutorial that I wouldn't give to men unless I cared.'

It's never occurred to me - and I don't know what right mixture of upbringing this was - that my opinion wasn't as important as the alpha males or that I shouldn't try or that I wasn't the funniest one in the room.

I think we're very quick to rip other women apart when they don't fit our mold, which, quite frankly, is just as bad as a man tearing you down for something, if not worse.

I think a big part of feminism - and this is something I'm sure a bunch of women will take my head off for - but a big part of feminism is women allowing other women to just be the kind of women that they are.

When you travel, try having an open mind, not just about the city that you're in but about the surrounding areas.

Always be nice to the front desk staff because they can choose to make your life a living hell, and they'll remember you.

There should be an F.A.A. fine for those who bring hot food that emits odor onto the plane. You're deemed selfish, and you have to take some sort of social awareness class.

I really respect Samantha Bee.

I really respect my craft and obligation to my audience.

If a guy is just genuine and honest, girls gravitate towards that, and girls love it when you open up.