Joan Rivers Quotes

What keeps me going is that this I all there is. I am a comedian, and this is what I do. It's like telling a fish to stop swimming. It'll die.

I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for.'

If I walk away from music, I walk away from myself.

I became a stand-up because that was my survival.

I believe that my part to play in this world is stand-up.

I do podcasts for the same reasons I do stand-up comedy. I love it, and I don't care if anybody else gets it.

I feel like theatre gives me the grounding, and keeps me alive, basically. Film gives me the thrill, and it's like a one night stand. But I do enjoy being around people who love it so much.

For me, the magazine was always the heart of what my life was all about, and the other half was living the life.

Stand-up, for me, is really more of an addiction, so you have to feed the beast whenever you can.

I will never stop doing stand-up; that's my career, but I will do movies in Hollywood.

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

I love comedy with a passion, and I hope that shows in my work. I would never want to move an inch away from comedy. What I want to do is continue to grow and extend myself, so if anything, I'm adding things on.

Music, even if I ended up doing something different or do end up doing something different in the long run, it's just something that is life blood. If I'm not participating in some way, I feel like I'm wasting my time.

I like to write, I like to do stand-up, I like to act.

Performing on stage is what I've done since I was a kid and it's where the passion that has started from the very beginning for me, and that's what I'm going to enjoy.

If I wasn't performing, I wasn't alive. That's the truth. My parents had absolutely no interest in the business, but they knew it made me happy, so they said 'Go for it, girl!'

If I stopped writing and being at my piano, I wouldn't know how to live. It's your best friend.

Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.

In my heart of hearts I believe I was made to entertain.

I really don't work a whole lot as far as touring, but I do stand-up every night of my life, no matter where I am. It's really made the touring a lot less grueling.

Writing is what I do. It's what makes me tick.

When I discovered acting, I decided that's what I wanted to do above everything else. It was the first time I was passionate about anything.

All I ever wanted was to perform, make music, make videos.

I love playing shows. That's the time I have to really share what I am about.

Sports don't define us; it is not what we live for.