Sarah Silverman

“By the time I would have graduated, at 22, I was a writer and featured performer on Saturday Night Live.”

“I like my life alone. I mean, I love being with friends, and I love kissing and loving someone to pieces. But it's hard to find someone who doesn't ultimately start judging you and your choices.”

“You're supposed to have friends you can tell anything to.”

“I'm a very ritualistic person. I have to wash my face twice, and on the second wash before I rinse, I brush my teeth, then I rinse, then I floss, then I put on moisturizer. I'm ritualistic. Jewishness is very ritualistic.”

“I'd love to do drama if it was interesting.”

“I'm doing a lot of stand-up, but not like when you're living in New York and you can do three sets a night and it's your life, and you sleep all day and you wake up and you eat with a bunch of other comics and then get ready for the night.”

“I never want to be in a position where I have to defend my material. It's too subjective. It's for other people to defend or not defend.”

“The first time I did stand-up I was 17, and I was really a stand-up once I was 19 in New York, and now I'm 41, and I still feel like I haven't found myself onstage. Earlier in my career, I was really tight, really together, and knew who I was and I was confident.”

“You want to make people laugh and by virtue of that please them, but when you're instructed to make people laugh and please them, you're too resentful to do it.”

“I tend to be more arrogant on stage. Far more ignorant. I sometimes say what I think and sometimes say the opposite of what I think and the lines get blurred, but I can only hope that some kind of absolute power transcends.”

“Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill.”

“In terms of television and movies, I've been really interested in seeing the partnership of comedy and beauty and heart. I think they can go together really well and really thoughtfully. But, I'm a total one-hour drama addict. I think when you're a comedian, you tend towards dramas because that's the less stressful thing to watch.”

“I'm not the marrying type, but I always want to be with someone who is a fan.”

“Traditionally, I have no right to talk about race. I'm white; I didn't grow up in an all-black neighborhood. But the license I see for myself is I'm a member of the world.”

“I still have highs and lows, maybe I don't cry salty tears as much.”

“If I have kids, I'll adopt.”

“I definitely think that prescription drugs, like antidepressants, are prescribed so cavalierly, anyone can get anything, but I need it. I do think that it needs to work hand and hand with therapy.”

“You know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage.”

“Well, I'm not afraid to say something if I think it's funny, even if it's harsh or racist.”

“I love making videos on my couch. You can put those on the Internet fast. I can express myself.”