Certainly my personality, my sense of humor, my outlook on life was informed by the experiences of my parents and the stories they shared with me.

I can't not find humor in elements of most parts of life, but at the same time nothing ever seems perpetually funny to me.

Because I was a television writer for many years, I write very conversationally. I put things straight, and with a lot of humor.

Even celebrities, most people have a sense of humor. Most of the people we meet who we've done on the show, like it.

The whole ability to look at the complexity of race and any sort of associated -ism and still find humor, that's a very interesting space.

So my humor, I'd say, comes from a mixture of lowbrow comedy shows and highbrow theater. It's an interesting mix.

I'm not just a big-haired redhead country singer who dresses flamboyantly, has this wicked sense of humor and wears rhinestones.

Set your compass to beauty, humor, and grief; stay the course no matter what, and I'll support you with everything I've got.

There is humor in the specter of the worst disaster in our nation's history. All I have to do is sweep away the debris of shock to find it.

Humor is the healthy way of feeling "distance" between one's self and the problem a way of standing off and looking at one's problems with perspective.