Quotes About Perception

I always thought, because America is supposed to be the land of the free, nudity would be part of the norm over there, but it isn't. It's surprising.

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.

I think writers like to see how people bring their words to life, and it's always surprising. Always, no matter what, whether it's good or bad, it's always surprising because a whole human being is coming to that piece of writing.

You can analyse a joke and say it's funny because this guy thought this was going to happen, and that happened, and it's surprising. But not all surprising things are funny.

You meet people, and you're like, 'I don't know how I feel about you,' and someone does something surprising that changes your mind. We're interesting creatures; we're nuanced, complicated and layered, and we make all sorts of choices.

It's surprising how much hate mail I don't get.

Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times.

Surprisingly, I think if you're known on the Internet, you're probably an introvert.

You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy, but most of the ones I've ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I've enjoyed that.

The buffalo is a surprisingly stupid animal.

People will think being the daughter of a celebrity is a very different life but surprisingly, we lead a very normal life and that's what people will realize when they read my short stories.

We all have enemies, but my enemies would probably describe me as surprisingly ruthless.

My ideas are not meant to suggest dreams or reality, but a surreal quality.

I think if something resonates, even if it's surreal, it's because it is relatable and I think that that's a core issue for me.

Surreal can be exciting and good, and it can be like living inside an alien landscape, and it can be completely interesting, or you can be alienated from your own life - inside your own life, it doesn't feel familiar any more.

It's not a matter of vanity; it's a matter of sanity. I'll never look forever young, but I'll look as best as I possibly can; I'll look surreal.

Everything is always a little surreal.

You achieve the surreal jokes through the realism by making it elastic.

Musicals don't get enough credit for being so surreal. It's like an alternate universe.

Being recognised on the street in New York is pretty surreal.

A lot of times, real life is more surreal than writing.

It's really weird when we're out of the country, whether we're in Brazil or Greece or some crazy place like France or Germany. When you hear your song on the radio or in a store, and you're in a different country, it's really freaky and surreal.

It bothers me when people say 'shock comic' or 'gross-out' because that was only one type of comedy I did. There was prank comedy. Man-on-the-street-reaction comedy. Visually surreal comedy. But you do something shocking, and that becomes your label.

When I see Bruce Banner becoming the Hulk, it's only a picture. My imagination has to do some of the work there, to impute feeling and everything. We're talking about something that's so surreal, it's just not possible within the world as we know it. So that requires a form that is not so literal.