Who's to say? Life is not, as we are taught, a matter of seeking answers, but rather learning which are the questions we should ask.


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My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, spo...
KATE CLINTON
Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefo...
KATE CLINTON
I'm really happy that I was raised Catholic because it's given me years of material.
KATE CLINTON
I consider a CD or a comedy collection as a record of what I've been doing, and I try to wrap it...
KATE CLINTON
What goes for sex goes double for politics.
KATE CLINTON
We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.
KATE CLINTON
I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want...
KATE CLINTON
I definitely want people to laugh because I don't think there's a better feeling - I think i...
KATE CLINTON
As you can imagine I'm disappointed as anything that I was not selected to be the presidential r...
KATE CLINTON
Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a le...
KATE CLINTON
When my brother-in-law, BIll Clinton, was elected, he had gay friends. That was a coming out.
KATE CLINTON
I try something new every night. It's an hour show; if it works I maybe try it a few more times ...
KATE CLINTON
A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said,...
KATE CLINTON
Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
KATE CLINTON
I want to host a religious show. I'm sure nobody will be wanting the 11 o'clock spot on Sund...
KATE CLINTON
I'm not a foodie - I'm an eater: I'm hungry.
KATE CHRISTENSEN
I realized that I've had a really rocky relationship with food - it has not been a gauzy, beauti...
KATE CHRISTENSEN
Nostalgia is a powerful drug. Under its influence, ordinary songs take on dimensions and powers, lik...
KATE CHRISTENSEN
I've always had rock star envy. Unfortunately, writing is a pedestrian, tame occupation done whi...
KATE CHRISTENSEN
I grew up in an all-female family - two sisters and a mostly single mother - and we often bonded, in...
KATE CHRISTENSEN
At first blush, it seems odd that loser lit books are rejected initially, then go on to be fiercely ...
KATE CHRISTENSEN
Across the Atlantic, in the scattered, far-flung, rural settlements of colonial America, hospitality...
KATE CHRISTENSEN
Famously cancer fighting, laden with vitamins, minerals, soluble fiber, and phytonutrients, broccoli...
KATE CHRISTENSEN
I never see myself as writing satire. I think I write about people as they really are, without makin...
KATE CHRISTENSEN
Even more than dying itself, I'm scared of the horror-movie changes that happen to the human bod...
KATE CHRISTENSEN
My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, w...
KATE CHRISTENSEN
The male muse is an unaccountably rare thing in art. Where does that leave female artists looking fo...
KATE CHRISTENSEN
Whenever possible, I use local, fresh ingredients, just because it tastes and feels better to eat an...
KATE CHRISTENSEN
It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true - to have the kind of romantic bo...
KATE CHRISTENSEN
Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.
KATE CHRISTENSEN
On Halloween, kids get to assume, for one night the outward forms of their innermost dread, and they...
KATE CHRISTENSEN