Carol Leifer

I'm always a big fan of if you approach somebody politely about something and you're not a nudge - you're just pretty honest and simple, my kind of philosophy is that I'm not afraid of 'no,' and that's way different than 'I won't take no for an answer.' ”

I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain. ”

Just be your authentic self because there's nothing sexier or more beautiful than that. ”

I always say to women, 'Take advantage of the fact that you're in the minority, don't see it as a disadvantage. You're that much more unique when there's fewer of you.' ”

There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage. ”

My kind of gay is like the late-breaking-lesbian kind of gay. ”

All my other relationships with men, there was so much maneuvering and strategic decisions and stuff. ”

My kind of gay, meeting a woman and falling in love, is a different experience because it wasn't anything about 'Oh, I've always been gay and I'm breaking the chains.' ”

Honestly, so much of my book is about the best things in my life have happened since I'm 40. ”

My father was a huge influence on me. ”