223 Quotes by Wanda Sykes

I don’t understand why people really get upset about something that doesn’t affect them at all.

What gets me is when celebrities aren’t allowed to have an opinion on anything political. There’s the whole ‘Shut up and sing’ thing.

I’m a comedian so I’m not waiting around for someone to write a part for me. I don’t have to wait for somebody else to create my next job; I have the ability to basically write my own ticket.

I noticed recently, in the last few shows I did, that I’m starting to get people – not a large group, but quite a few people – who come to see me because they love Curb Your Enthusiasm.

It’s not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are.

There are just so many more laws and rules that apply with marriage that do not come with domestic partnership and also to me it’s the commitment.

I’m like, If you do something dumb, I’ll write about it. If you put something out there, to me it’s like you’re kind of asking for it.

I think it’s because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that’s real.

I’m a black, gay woman. I think the only way to make the GOP hate me more is if I sent them a video of me rolling around on a pile of welfare checks.