You know how it is with writing. You just write what you want to write. There’s no way to predict what is good or bad. You just do what you think is funny, and either it works or you’re finished. It’s impossible to predict anything. Colin Quinn Read Quote
The mistake that people make in stand-up is thinking they’re profound or they’re deep when there are so many people who have more worthwhile ways of phrasing things. Colin Quinn Read Quote
If I had to give up everything else and keep just one aspect of the job, I’d have to keep writing because I love it. Yes, I enjoy performing, too. But I couldn’t give up writing material. Colin Quinn Read Quote
My stand-up act? I combine the fact that the world is a violent place with the fact that each person is responsible for the situation they are in. Colin Quinn Read Quote
Stand-up is live, so I’m used to being live for most of my career. It’s interesting. Colin Quinn Read Quote
For the most part, comedians are pretty friendly with each other. They always say they badmouth each other, but most of the time, they’re friends. We’re the only ones that can really stand our type of humor. Colin Quinn Read Quote
A weird sort of awareness set in, like, ‘Wow. My standup isn’t just separate from everything else I do anymore.’ With Twitter and Face book, everything is universal that everything everybody says gets seen. Colin Quinn Read Quote
