El-P Quotes

All humor is based on hostility - that's why World War Two was funny.

I love comedy, because I like making fun of things even though they are dramatic.

Comedy is brutal. It's powerful, though.

Satire is what closes on Saturday night.

I have a very dark sense of humor.

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

Colombian humor is very black, very sarcastic.

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.

Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.

I quite like dark humor.

Humor is hostility.

Satire can always be found everywhere. A people without love for satire is a dead people.

Much of the best humor is found in the frequently tragic reality of human experience.

I am a walking joke.

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

I kind of find humor in everything, even to the point where it's awkward - like, the worst scenarios are the funniest things ever.

In my own mind, I can joke about anything.

Satire is tragedy plus time.

I don't think it's ever easy to be funny. I find it easy to amuse myself with a certain sort of cynical dark humor that tends toward the meaner side, like my character in Happy Gilmore. Those kinds of characters come easily to me.

That's sort of what I wanted to make fun of a little bit with Don Jon. And I think oftentimes, if you're going to talk about a sort of substantial topic like this, the best way to do it is with a sense of humor.

Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.

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

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

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

My success comes in making fun of whatever you're doing. That's my way.