I've been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have..

Most of my life I didn't feel very normal. There's definitely been some moments where I feel like, all right, I've finally graduated and I'm a normal….

I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves..

You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns - enjoy!'.

Because you want to keep an air of calm and cool..

I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don't really have a choice in the matter. My goal is jus….

To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away..

I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet..

I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I’m African American but that doesn’t include the other ha….

The thing you can do better than anyone else is love your children, because they're your children..

I think that people who don't like kids are awful people..

When I first moved to New York, someone who thought they knew more than I did said: "You have to always look like you know where you're going when yo….

I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write..

I really love laughing..

To have your childhood dream realized is a really big deal..

I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream..

If my time with my kids is shorter than it was yesterday, it's better than nothing..

I like comedy as a group sport..

Honestly, because it's my third, I feel like I've been pregnant for like six years, seriously..

And in Improvisation there is one hard and fast rule, and that rule is known as "Yes And." The term YES AND: to say yes, and not just yes, but to add….

I'm always learning when I'm surrounded by great people. In every experience, I feel like I'm learning. I'm not like, "Oh good. I'm done! I don't hav….