Pete Davidson Quotes

When we created 'Goodness Gracious Me,' it was quoting 'Python' and Woody Allen lines that really bonded the writers, and the 'Spamalot' material is so utterly, wonderfully surreal that it hasn't dated.

I have a rule - 'funny is funny!' When I write comedy, it's not my aim to upset people. I will be offensive, edgy and immature, but I will also be very intelligent and relevant. At my shows, there are no holy cows.

I do mostly comedy, and it tends to be a subtler comedy. But I think that probably lends itself well to commercials.

The nature of 'SNL' is that it's so in-the-moment.

There was a sea of change in comedy in the late 1950s and '60s. We were dealing with vignettes as opposed to jokes. We were more socially aware.

There are comedians who focus on everything that is external. They focus on politics and the news, what's going on in that city and that night.

Things I used to get in trouble for writing at 'SNL,' suddenly other people like it.

If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about. On the other hand, if you have a family it can be depressing.

'SCTV' was the concept of a group ensemble doing satirical things. 'Saturday Night Live's sketches were broader than ours, more universal.

Chris Farley, I was a huge fan of his growing up. I would love to do something kind of slapstick and funny, maybe where I could change my look even a little bit.

I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.

My years on 'SNL' had reconfirmed that what I do best is play for a sort of edgy comedy.

It's hard to write a comedy sketch.

I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punch line.

What I love about sketch is that the writing of it is idea-based. It's not story-based. It's like, 'This is a behavior, and we're going to write, in a small sample, the funniest way to heighten this behavior.' Sitcoms or movies are about story.

I'm dirty, I'm irreverent - but I'm still a very topical comedian.

I feel like my comedy voice is to take the news and everything that's happening and put a funny spin on it or to pick out the things I find funny about it.

I'm not the sort of comedian who wants to make audiences think about politics. I'm not clever in that way.

I'm very observational in my comedy and what I create with the characters that I'm blessed to play. I don't believe comedy needs to be offensive, and I don't believe it needs to be a mockery of anything.

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.

Doing a format parody is one of my favorite things to do in comedy.

The job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but a lot of my interests are in politics so I'm going to use that.

My background is in comedy.

There's such a rich history in 'SNL' of political humor, and I think audience members expect that from us.

I think comedy suits me best.