“People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.”

“Interventions are really emotionally exhausting and I would never ever want to have one. In the same way, I would never want to have a surprise birthday party. That would be horrible.”

“So when you do your family tree and Margaret Cho does hers, and... Wanda Sykes and John Legend... we're adding to the database that scholars can then draw from to generalize about the complexity of the American experience. And that's the contribution that family trees make to broader scholarship.”

“It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you.”

“Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor.”