She’s got that life where you’re able to pick your husband and pick your baby time, so good for her.

Marriage isn’t a carnival ride.

[Anyone can do that, said] Ghost Whisperer … There’s a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.

On general principle, I boycott shows that don’t employ actors.

[Anyone can do that, adds] Ghost Whisperer … There’s a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.

Pop culture hales you and wants you to fail.

My parents were vegetarians. I’d show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks.

Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.

Do you have any idea what it’s like when you try and make home porn? My husband and I tried it. We looked like charging hippos. Best to leave it to the pros.

There’s a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.

I take the most wrenchingly painful moments of my life, brush them off and present them for the amusement of others. Luckily for me, my childhood was torture.

Yes, I do get recognized in public. It’s pretty nice.

Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don’t think so.

You know, it’s about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying – all these young books for women are like I’m 29 with a closet full of Prada shoes and I...

Comedy is ugly. It’s honest, it’s raw.

I might not agree with myself in a year.

I visualize myself winning the Olympic Pentathlon, inventing a phone that can be controlled by brain waves, or doing the laundry. I do not actually DO these things, but I see myself doing them, and...

I was this weird little bookish giant.

You, too, could easily look like that if you had a squad of mad geeks fussing over you with retouching software.

I’m black, and black don’t crack. It does droop.