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> [Each time we had a visiting writer, I asked what she thought of women and humor. By the end of the year, I had perfected my question and asked Adrienne Rich why there was so little written about women and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-clinton/each-time-we-had-a-visiting-writer-i-asked-what-she-thought-of-women/)

[Kate Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-clinton/)

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## More by Kate Clinton

> [There may or may not be a lesbian comedy boom, but there certainly is a lescom circuit. Gay Pride Month, formerly known as June,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-clinton/there-may-or-may-not-be-a-lesbian-comedy-boom-but-there-certainly-is/)

[Kate Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-clinton/)

> [When my brother-in-law, BIll Clinton, was elected, he had gay friends. That was a coming out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-clinton/when-my-brother-in-law-bill-clinton-was-elected-he-had-gay-friends/)

[Kate Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-clinton/)

> [They didn't even like Margaret Thatcher but at least there was Margaret Thatcher. There have been women, you know, Sonia Gandhi for heaven's sakes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-clinton/they-didn-t-even-like-margaret-thatcher-but-at-least-there-was/)

[Kate Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-clinton/)

> [Teaching is performance art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-clinton/teaching-is-performance-art/)

[Kate Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-clinton/)

> [ \[On cloning sheep:\] Oh great, just what we need - more sheep. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-clinton/on-cloning-sheep-oh-great-just-what-we-need-more-sheep/)

[Kate Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-clinton/)

> [ \[On Nancy Reagan:\] At one photo op press conference, she toured a crack house and decried how awful it was, yet one suspected that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-clinton/on-nancy-reagan-at-one-photo-op-press-conference-she-toured-a-crack/)

[Kate Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-clinton/)

> [Whenever a woman describes herself as a 'post-feminist' I picture women lashed to posts. Joan of Arc was an early post-feminist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-clinton/whenever-a-woman-describes-herself-as-a-post-feminist-i-picture-women/)

[Kate Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-clinton/)

> [I definitely want people to laugh because I don't think there's a better feeling - I think it's just so fabulous to laugh. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-clinton/i-definitely-want-people-to-laugh-because-i-don-t-think-there-s-a/)

[Kate Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-clinton/)

> [John Paulk, the poster boy for 'ex-gays' was found in a gay bar in Washington. He said he was there to use the bathroom.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-clinton/john-paulk-the-poster-boy-for-ex-gays-was-found-in-a-gay-bar-in/)

[Kate Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-clinton/)

> [After the Reagan years, there were only three people of color in the Republican Party. Their slogan was 'Republicans - the Other White Meat.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-clinton/after-the-reagan-years-there-were-only-three-people-of-color-in-the/)

[Kate Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-clinton/)

> [I've always felt that a really good joke, a really good one-liner, is a really good line of poetry. It's imagistic, it's compact, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-clinton/i-ve-always-felt-that-a-really-good-joke-a-really-good-one-liner-is-a/)

[Kate Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 up and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-clinton/i-consider-a-cd-or-a-comedy-collection-as-a-record-of-what-i-ve-been/)

[Kate Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-clinton/)

> [“I miss Cindy McCain - she seemed so life-like. I'm a moderate lesbian - I only hold a grudge for six generations. Step away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-clinton/i-miss-cindy-mccain-she-seemed-so-life-like-i-m-a-moderate-lesbian-i/)

[Kate Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-clinton/)

> [I try something new every night. It's an hour show; if it works I maybe try it a few more times and then move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-clinton/i-try-something-new-every-night-it-s-an-hour-show-if-it-works-i-maybe/)

[Kate Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-clinton/)

> [Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-clinton/lesbian-humor-isn-t-trying-to-sell-anything-it-doesn-t-have-to-sell/)

[Kate Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-clinton/)

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