Michael Che Quotes

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

I have a very dark sense of humor.

A comedian's a comedian. They're a very kind of cynical bunch. I guess that's why I like them.

Satire is focused bitterness.

You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.

I like a person who knows how to say something dark at a very dark moment. The darker the moment and the darker the comic, the better. Something that is so wrong on all levels.

I quite like dark humor.

The key to humor is often self-loathing or sarcasm. In a sense, that's how self-loathing is made palatable.

Many comedians have a dark side that lets them take a negative thing and turn it funny.

Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia.

I can be very dry and sarcastic.

I'm not a particularly shiny, happy person. I'm fairly cynical, and that's what draws me to comedy.

Most jokes state a bitter truth.

I like quips. I like whiffs of cynicism and I think they can be witty. But I don't really know where wittiness is constructive.

You had to learn at a certain age what sarcasm is, you know?

Everybody I know is a joke writer.

Make no mistake: I love women. I'm married to one, I was birthed by one, and I played one in my high school production of 'Romeo and Juliet.' No one else could fit into the bodice.

My humor is traced with dark - I've got dark patches all over the place.

Meta-comedy is everywhere and always seems so cold and to me is really kinda snarky.

As a former writer for the 'National Lampoon,' I've probably contributed to the sea of sarcasm in which we live.

You can make bleak things funny but if you're glib about it, it doesn't work.

The best comedy is based on truth.

It's rare in satirical comedy not just to be cynical.

I love irony.