Comedian

If you are a woman with your own money, you have confidence. You have the pick of the litter.

The late, great Joan Rivers actually gave me so much advice, and she was so nice to me before she passed.

I used to be an engineer, and I was the worst engineer in the United States of America. That's why I became a comic.

What we're trying to do is take these words and soften them. I'm an African-American comic. I use the b-word in my act.

The president of CBS handpicked me for the 'Star Search' revival, which Arsenio Hall hosted. He picked 12 comics, and I was the only female. I always look to that as inspiration.

Anyone driving a 1992 Cutlass, take it back, because I built it.

I keep doing stand-up because the world needs laughter - there's always something happening in the country and in the world. That's why I wanted to become an entertainer: to help people forget about their problems for a little while.

I just do jokes about real situations, pure observation.

I like having peace and quiet in my life, and I am perfectly happy in my relationships.

I have a fear of being broke. That's what I have a fear of. I'm not kidding.

I do think the audiences have a right to judge what they feel is offensive and not.

I do talk about celebrity relationships like Kim Kardashian's. I like to find the humor in love.

I think that, for so long, there was only one type of actor, and now you see these different colors, different people, different shapes and different sizes. It just makes it more interesting.

What helped was that my mother, even though we didn't have a lot of money... allowed me to take part in the Girl Scouts.

I was a latchkey kid, so when I saw the 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,' that showed me that there was a different type of lifestyle out there. I was curious about it and amazed about it.

One day, we had a layoff at my job. And I went to my boss, and I said, 'Please save someone else's job. This is a win-win situation for the company and me - and just lay me off.' I did that in around 2003, and I never looked back. I became a full-time comic.

Life is funny, and that's why I celebrate it in my shows.

I made the conscious decision to not have kids, and I didn't want to be married.

I don't want to get married - I've been there and done that. So I know what I'm talking about when I say that. And for everybody has a different path - find out your path! And if you want to do it, don't let people make you feel inadequate because you wanted to do something that's different.

It's always good to laugh.