Carol Leifer

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things. ”

My father was a really funny guy. He lived a good long life. And he was the reason I wanted to be funny and become a comedian and a comedy writer, so to say that he's somewhat of a mythic figure in my life would be an understatement. ”

I've seen too many comics who got their own shows and were undone because they worked for an executive producer who didn't understand their comedy or their sensibility. ”

Obviously, at this age, I've lost people in my life. But with a parent, it's just different. I was very attached to my father and had this naive little-girl notion that he'd always be around. So I'm finding acceptance of my father's death is the hardest thing to accept. ”

My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention. ”

I never thought I was going to have children. I just thought after 45, that was it. ”

I cried when I turned 34 for no other reason than 34 sounded old to me at the time. ”

As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection. ”