223 Quotes by Wanda Sykes

I don’t like doing the same material over and over again. It’s not fun.

It wasn’t until I became more confident with myself and I put myself forward instead of the jokes; at first it was put the jokes out there and I’m just behind the jokes.

Why don’t you marry another gay guy? That was fun...

Don’t bother me while I’m eating, or when I’m coming out of the crackhouse or something. Just let me get going.

I hope his kidneys fail, how about that? He needs a waterboarding, that’s what he needs.

The first time onstage, a light went on. ‘OK, this is my thing. I’m comfortable here. This is my thing.’

Being gay is harder than being black. I didn’t have to come out black. I didn’t have to tell my parents about what its like to be black.

Writers get to stay with the piece. They don’t just turn the script in and somebody else takes it over and goes out and produces it and edits it and all that stuff. We stay with the piece all the way through.

I felt like I was being attacked, personally attacked – our community was attacked. Now, I gotta get in their face. I’m proud to be a woman. I’m proud to be a black woman. And I’m proud to be gay.