Quotes & Jokes by Sandra Bernhard / page 5

Gayness is a non-issue.

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.

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.

I'll take on somebody if they're offending the entire culture, not just offending me.

In the late '60s and '70s, when feminism was on the up sweep, there was an awareness of things that we're losing again.

I like the energy of live performance.

There's this whole sense of judgment and who's right and who's wrong and who's moral and who's going to be punished.

I try to avoid people's eyes because I don't like to get that intimate with just anybody. i don't need the responsibility.

Anything that has cynicism to it and that's jaded is smutty.

On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson. On the other side, you have vulgar comedians, foul-mouthed rap groups and Dennis Hopper - all your choices should be so easy.

Growing up in the '60s and the '70s, things certainly seemed more simplistic and easier to digest.

When people pay to see you live, they connect with you on a much deeper level than people who just buy your records.

I think I've drawn from some of the most feminine women, like Jackie Kennedy. I am totally devastated that she's gone. She had it all.

Smut, if it's really smut, there's nothing backing it up. It's the easy way out.

I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for humanity.