Sandra Bernhard

“My comedy has always been about my life and my experiences.”

“I just want to have a nice, quiet column. I'm not a mean person. I'm a little bit of a bitch, but I'm not a mean person.”

“I'm a performer. I'm a stand-up. I'm a provocateur. I'm a satirist. I'm a singer. I'm an author. I'm an actress.”

“I think you have to be true to yourself. You have to be authentic.”

“Without Madonna, I wouldn't have a friend in the world.”

“I've always been very political, and I've always been very outspoken.”

“I think it's important to have a voice and to use it.”

“I am an artist, and I have a soul and a heart, and that is what I do. I am an entertainer.”

“I don't really have a lot of regrets. I think that's one of the things that I'm proud of.”

“I'm a survivor. I'm a fighter. I'm a person who's not going to give up.”

“Celebrity is a weird thing. It's a very fickle, strange thing.”

“My style is a reflection of my personality. It's a little bit eclectic, a little bit edgy, and a little bit glamorous.”

“I think my sensibility is very American. I'm very coarse. I'm very direct. I'm very honest. I'm very opinionated.”

“I've always been a bit of an outsider. I've always felt like I was on the outside looking in.”

“I'm not afraid to be vulnerable. I think that's where the real strength is.”

“What I do is not a shtick. I've been doing it for 35 years.”

“I'm not a stand-up comedian in the classic sense. I'm a storyteller.”

“I love fashion. I've always been into fashion.”

“I'd like to be a mixture of Jagger and Rauschenberg. But that's probably asking too much.”