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 act; if it weren't, more women would do it.

Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.

Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself, a political act.

I'm assuming you didn't just call me to come out of the closet to a blind woman'

'Oh, it's something I do everyday,' Kate said, enjoying Faith's sense of humor. 'I open up a phone book, randomly select a name, dial it, and when they answer, I proclaim I'm a lesbian and then hang up.

It's really a balancing act trying to get more rugged, but not so rugged that women are going to be turned off by it.

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.