Quotes from Michael O'Donoghue

Anyway, the title The War of the Insect Gods came before we had that ending, before we knew they had become gods. That we knew the evolutionary cycle they went through. Before we even knew anything about that. We had an ending.

Once you put yourself in the hands of the government, you could end up in Utah.

If there were a Mount Rushmore of American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they'd carve it from

Life is one big minefield, and the only place that isn't a minefield is the place they make the mines.

Surely there must be a better gift God could have given us than life?

Nothing important has ever come out of San Francisco, Rice-a-Roni aside.

I try to attack all races and creeds, except the Irish. Clearly they are closest to the angels and don't deserve abuse. But the others have it coming.

I think therapy interferes with the creative process. It takes off the edge.

Working with Woody Allen is like filming Howard Hughes's will. It's a very mysterious and strange event. You never get a peek at the whole will.

Any good humor is sophomoric. 'Sophomoric' is the liberal word for funny.

One of my problems is I am getting so mature that I have to pick up a TV and toss it through the coffee table just to remind people of who I am. I want to go ranting and screaming into the grave.

The true essence of comedy is a baby seal hunt.

It's very easy to make insects move. Because they do move mechanically without the rippling of flesh as you mentioned. They move more like real tinker toys and you can make models of them quite easily.

A Madagascar Hissing Roach chasing Jerry Lewis. That would be a really neat treat.

Television doesn't want to admit it has those dreadful roach ads on anyway.

I am Hollywood's hottest young, middle-aged director, but I'll write out of New York because I don't want to become a salad head. That's what you become out there: a guacamole dip.

The transformation scene, where man is becoming insect and insect has become at least man and beyond that - a flying, godlike, shimmering, diaphanous, beautiful creature.

Sometimes you have to be cruel... in order to be even crueler.

Making people laugh is the lowest form of comedy.

Insects are my secret fear. That's what terrifies me more than anything - insects.

TEACHER Let us begin. Repeat after me. I would like -- STUDENT I wud like -- TEACHER To feed your fingertips -- STUDENT To feed yur fingerteeps -- TEACHER To the wolverines.

TEACHER Next. I am afraid -- STUDENT I em afred -- TEACHER We are out -- STUDENT Wee are out -- TEACHER Of badgers. STUDENT Of badjurs. TEACHER Would you accept -- STUDENT Wud you accept -- TEACHER A wolverine -- STUDENT A wolver-eene -- TEACHER In its place?

TEACHER Next. Hey, Ned exclaimed -- STUDENT Ey, Ned asclaimed -- TEACHER Let's boil -- STUDENT Let's boil -- TEACHER The wolverines.

Licorice is the liver of candy.