Colin Quinn quotes

“Even if a joke does not go well, at least you are working with someone who appreciates laughter and he set up a structure where anything could happen. Sarah Silverman put it best: it's like going to Vegas; even if you lose, you say the next one could be great - and that is what it is.” — Colin Quinn

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“He is very dry but also very funny... I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you are an ironic person, it's not a good place for you to be.” — Colin Quinn

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“I did this act, it bombed, but [Lorne] hired me as a writer. He said: "All you did was sustain a lot of other people that could have been on the show with your performance."” — Colin Quinn

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“I quit drinking 18, 20 years ago... I had nothing to do... it was so hard to do... if I would not drink, then I would have nothing to do.” — Colin Quinn

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“I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write.” — Colin Quinn

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“It was tumultuous, it was crazy, but I would not trade it for anything.” — Colin Quinn

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“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

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“New York Stat agreed to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit filed three decades ago by inmates swept up in the bloody 1971 revolt at Attica prison. The settlement will be paid in the form of chocolate bars and packs of Newports that can be picked up in the commissary.” — Colin Quinn

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“So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence, I say that we have to get rid of the individual asholes in each office and situation.” — Colin Quinn

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“Well... you know, I would wake up with a terrible hangover in a jail somewhere and worst part was that I would not know why I was there.” — Colin Quinn

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“You know, the funny thing about Lorne and that show is that, you can go over one million things, but in a business of bean counters, he still likes to laugh at small things and creates a show around it.” — Colin Quinn

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