203 Quotes by Sandra Bernhard

I’ve become this sort of icon for the gay community. I don’t like the position.

I think there are always different times in your life when you go, “Oh, god. I wish I were traditionally pretty. My life would be so much easier.” But then you get through that, and you go, “Well, I’m not.”

If you want to dig, if you want to pry, do it on your time, but I’m going to be a woman of dignity.

I’ve always been opposed to groups. I can’t believe the doctrine of group is going to work for every single person within the group.

I would never wanna do a show that’s strictly maudlin and invaded my personal life and my home. I would never do that.

I think bravery is when you’re willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially – and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.

Once you’re heterosexual and comfortable with that, you don’t need to take out an announcement every day.

I think people are a little bit intimidated by me. You know, I’m not exactly a wilting flower, so I think they’re a little bit scared of me sometimes.

Maybe I’d be in a different place in my career if I’d had that 10-year plan, a lot of people went at it with this voracity that I never had. My only voracity was to have fun and to be in the mix.