Elayne Boosler Quotes

Sometimes people say I'm a political comedian, which, actually I'm not. I'm a comedian who sometimes discusses politics, culture - again, the word 'politics' to me is just life.

Mimicry artistes and comedians are supposed to incorporate incidents around him in his acts in a satirical way. For that, he should be well aware about the things happening around him.

If you're watching a comedian on television and he's making a political point, I would say he's gotten too serious.

Stand-up comedy and comedy in general is the ultimate form of free speech, because you get to poke holes in all the pretentious bubbles politicians and pundits and popes and pretenders try to float over our heads.

If you're a comedian, you are looking for material in daily life.

Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert. Those are the guys I look at who are telling me pretty much the truth. And they throw humor into it which makes it much more interesting to listen to.

All comedy is really talking about social issues and things that are affecting our lives.

I love, for example, 'Full Frontal with Sam Bee.' I just love her show.

I'm a very observational type of comedian that points out everyday absurdities.

Political cartoonists get hung up on daily deadlines and the front page. The worst thing you can do is open up the newspaper and ask, 'What's funny about this?'

A really good stand-up comic is a poet; it's about the use of language. It can be really poetic. And I like politically conscious comedy.

Comedy has a responsibility to be a voice of society, so within that, there's always going to be those that talk about those subjects and things that are going on in the world.

Chris Rock does the political thing really well, but that never worked for me.

When has stand-up comedy been kind to anyone? It goes after anyone who's the target. Comedy attacks, man.

I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell the world anything pertinent about myself or my family.

A joke's a very serious thing.

I think you can tell the human condition better through comedy.

Comedy is all about having a point of view, and it's also about power.

Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.

Every day I think, 'Gosh, I wish I could be like George Carlin, Bill Maher: I want that edge.' But every time I start to get that edgy thing, I get kind of mean.

But the only comparison that I want to Lenny Bruce is that I'm funny. I'm Freddie Prinze, Puerto Rican all the way.

In a more intellectually rigorous age, I wouldn't be talked about as a satirist at all. I would just be a topical comedian.

Neil Hamburger writes such cutting jokes.

There's always a message in my comedy.

In real life, comedians aren't funny.