Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

I am an undisputed gangster. To me, that means playing by my own rules.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

I have huge admiration for Taylor Swift. She's tall, talented, young, thin, and beautiful. More importantly, she seems focused, generous, vulnerable, and kind.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

Our attention spans have been reduced by the immediate gratification provided by smartphones and social media.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

When you're little, every experience writes on the canvas of who you are.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

I know a lot about systemic lupus erythematosus because I have it, too. I was diagnosed through the NHS when I first moved to England in 2008 following months of serious illness.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

Stand-up comedy is not a man's job. It's an alpha job: To be the only person in a room with a microphone who's allowed to talk.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

My dad's Irish, so I was visiting Ireland a lot as a kid, so it's not totally foreign to me.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

You think Trump cares if you leave? He wants power, not prosperity.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

Jeremy Corbyn confuses the public because he looks like a librarian and enjoys baking bread.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

You'll never make a success of yourself when you're doing an impersonation of somebody else.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

I was really lucky to have been raised in this really powerful matriarchy where my dad was around, but I was with my mom and my grandma most of the time. They were heavy influences on me. My mother has a career in technology; my grandma sold real estate.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

Growing up in Canada, I dated a few ice hockey players.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

I was a product of the society that said women are for decoration, and I do think girls should be able to do whatever they want.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

I was born with the confidence of an 89-year-old man. So it's strange when people ask, 'What's it like being a female comedian?' It never occurred to me that I'd be limited as a woman - that I couldn't be a scientist, a doctor, or anything I wanted.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

Isolated incidents have lateral, lasting implications.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

I guess I talk about her because I'm interested; I'm listening. Taylor Swift's words are so valuable to so many young people, not just her #GirlSquad.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

Anything that I'm passionate about and surprises me usually ends up turning into a joke simply because I have questions about it and I'm curious and I want to talk about it.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

My life is so much better with lupus because I know that stress and too much junk food will literally put me in hospital.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

If I've got a confidence problem, it's that my self-esteem is entirely too high.

Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan

I love Little Mix, and I always have.