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Michael Showalter Quotes
Michael Showalter
American
Comedian
Born:
Jun 17
,
1970
Cats
Comedians
Funny
Me
Think
You
Related authors:
George Carlin
Groucho Marx
Milton Berle
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Steven Wright
W. C. Fields
Cats aren't cooperative in the same way that other animals are. You can train a dog to act, but you can't train a cat in the same way.
Michael Showalter
You
Cats
Dog
Animals
Other
Way
Cat
Train
Same
Act
Cooperative
I mean, do you really think Paul Krugman is checking his Twitter account every day to read what I write? Of course not. Every other day maybe, but not every day.
Michael Showalter
Day
You
Every Day
Every
Think
Twitter
Other
Write
Checking
Read
Course
His
Account
Maybe
Mean
Paul
Really
Every Other Day
Given the current state of publishing, I think it helps to have a brand name on the cover of your book. Comedians are proven commodities with built-in audiences. They may not have the writing chops of a Dave Eggers, but they're salacious and funny and self-reflective.
Michael Showalter
Funny
Book
Writing
Think
State
Given
Dave
Name
Comedians
Audiences
Proven
Cover
Brand
Current
May
Commodities
Current State
Your
Chops
Helps
Publishing
Love is such a confusing word. You think I'm joking but I'm not.
Michael Showalter
Love
You
Love Is
Word
Think
Joking
Confusing
I went to college thinking of maybe pursuing a career in film criticism.
Michael Showalter
Criticism
College
Thinking
Pursuing
Maybe
Film
Film Criticism
Career
I like the comedians that go into detail and tell longer stories.
Michael Showalter
Tell
Detail
Longer
Like
Comedians
Go
Stories
I'm not big on fat jokes. That's a little beneath me. I'm not a huge fan of making a joke - and as I say this, I'm sure I do it - completely at someone else's expense.
Michael Showalter
Me
Jokes
Joke
Big
Beneath
Else
Say
Someone
Sure
Making
Huge
Huge Fan
Expense
Fan
Little
Fat
A lot of my humor centers on the act of telling jokes and I think this can prevent certain audiences from suspending their feeling of disbelief. It might piss a few people off, but I can't help it.
Michael Showalter
Jokes
People
Humor
Feeling
Few
Think
Telling
Prevent
Disbelief
Audiences
Lot
Off
Few People
Centers
Might
Certain
Act
Help
For me, Twitter works best as a way of taking pictures of being stuck in traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge. If people really want to read really funny quips about life, parenting, and pop culture, then by all means read Michael Ian Black's tweets.
Michael Showalter
Life
Funny
Best
Me
Parenting
Culture
People
Black
Twitter
Way
Brooklyn
About
Stuck
Taking
Pictures
Read
Traffic
Michael
Being
Want
Then
Really
Pop
Means
Pop Culture
Tweets
Works
Bridge
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