Quotes About Insight

I feel like there is something about having a copacetic world POV that helps in making a comedy. Like, David Wain has such a particular way of looking at the world. It helps when everyone can see behind his eyes, you know?

When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.

I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.

When you grow up in abject poverty, you see people exactly the way they are.

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.

Mindfulness is so powerful that the fact that it comes out of Buddhism is irrelevant.

I have always said that innocence is much more powerful than experience.

My favorite comics are the ones who say funny stuff but also give you the message. They give you the laughter, but there's also the, 'Mmm - I didn't take that into consideration.'

I don't know if I ever really considered making a connection with the audience.

Isn't that what writing is about? The constant attempt to understand the world?

The constructive criticism that I take very seriously is from people I know and respect, and they don't have to be musicians. But I do have to know where they're coming from.

If someone wanted to do a biopic about me, I would like for them to consult my family.

We don't use consultants at Landry's. We're our consultants.

I'm not consumed with political machinations.

If you listen, people will tell you exactly what they want - whether it's a business relationship or a consumer relationship.

I read very little contemporary anything... I don't think I read what other people read, but then why would I, considering what I do?

I do pick up on contemporary issues.

What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

I was always good at being observationally funny - like, contributing something funny to the conversation.

Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.

My biggest source of inspiration is listening to people's conversations. I'm a big eavesdropper.

I'll write about myself, or people I know, or archetypal characters, but the goal is to get at some truth, not to necessarily convey my own experience as an individual to the world.

I digress a lot - it's how I experience the world. I would like to write in a way that will convey that to the reader, but also I need clarity.