I Don't Think Anything Predated Christians.

With Me Being In So Many Pain From When You Have A Betrayal From Your Best Friend - Who Was My Husband - And The Girl Got Pregnant, I Couldn't Even Get Out Of Bed. The Only Thing That Saved Me Was My Stand-up. I Would Get On Stage And Just Talk About Stuff, And I Made People Laugh. A Lot Of Women E-mail Me And Say, 'how Do You Smile? How Do You Laugh At Something Like This?' That's How I Do It. I Laugh Because That's How I Get Through Pain.

My Grandmother Taught Me That Accomplishments Meant Less Than What You Left Behind. I Started To Ask Myself What Impact My Comedy Would Have On People's Lives. And That Changed My Act. I Got Cleaner. I Stopped Talking About Generic Stuff Like Airplane Peanuts And Started Speaking The Truth About My Gift.

Black People Don't Talk About Diabetes That Much. I Never Knew Anything. I Thought Everyone Had An Uncle With A Leg Cut Off!

I Can't Swim And I'm Terrified Of Drowning, But I Still Love Being By Water - Just Not In It.

When I Was Little I Went To A Baptist Church With My Grandmother. My Earliest Memories Were Of Her Falling Out In The Middle Of The Floor And They Had To Cover Her With A White Sheet. Every Time We Went To Church It Was Scary. The Music Would Start Playing, And Then Everybody Would Start Running And Shouting And Hollering And Screaming.