Margaret Cho Quotes

I think comedy is an angry art form; it's an outsider art form.

I think comedy is a really, really good tool for trying to say something.

I love inappropriate humour. What else are you going to do? You have to laugh.

I am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being a human being.

I'm almost always trying to be funny, even when I'm on my own. I think it's the desire to channel my anger and frustration into something more positive than sitting at home being unpleasant.

Humor and comedy have always been the best way to deal with real life issues and just reality.

A lot of my comedy is to do with being angry, then finding a way to channel that.

Comedy is the blues for people who can’t sing.

Comedy distances pain, but leaves signs of it everywhere.

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

Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision.

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.

Our humor turns our anger into a fine art.

There's always a message in my comedy.

My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.

I think that comedy is one of the more serious things that you can do in our day, especially in the world that we're living in.

When I'm funny is when I'm angriest.

Catharsis isn't art. You can't rely on catharsis to get a laugh. Because guess what? People do laugh when something's shocking, but that is, to me, the absolute fakest of laughs. That's not something that sustains a television series, or a movie, or even 45 minutes of a stand-up set at Carolines.

One of the interesting things about comedy is it's tension release, and nothing creates tension faster than anger.

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.

Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.

Humor is hostility.

Some forms of reality are so horrible we refuse to face them, unless we are trapped into it by comedy.

Comedy is probably a way of dealing with anxiety. Sometimes it's a way of dealing with pain.

Laughter is the best way to get over something or get closer to something. It's one of the things I respect most about Amy Schumer. She's found a way to get us closer to ourselves and see the ugly side of humanity, but not in a way that's pointing a finger or that's angry. She does it in a way that makes us see the absurdity and laugh at it.