Latest Roy Blount, Jr. Quotes from Interviews

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• Twitter. It's not a good sound, is it? If it were worth doing, there would be a better word for it.

  Roy Blount, Jr.

  Sound, Would Be, Ifs

• I do not Twitter. I don't want to Twitter, and I don't see any point in Twittering. The last thing I want to do is tell people what I'm doing at the moment because I'm probably not doing what I'm supposed to be doing.

  Roy Blount, Jr.

  People, Want, Lasts

  "MoJo Podcast: Roy Blount Jr.’s Southern Fried Language". Interview with Laura Mcclure, www.motherjones.com. April 30, 2009.

• It was easy to make fun of Bush, but it was sort of like shooting fish in a barrel and it didn't really feel all that good because it was so easy to do. I would much rather live under a thoughtful president. Even if it makes it harder to be funny about politics, it makes it more interesting to be funny about politics.

  Roy Blount, Jr.

  Fun, Thoughtful, Interesting

• Obama's got a great sense of humor, but mainly he has a great thinking presence, which is uncommon. It's hard to imagine being able to do, think over answers and deliver them on television. If I were president I would constantly be spluttering.

  Roy Blount, Jr.

  Thinking, President, Answers

• I've never thought it was necessary to make fun of people - you can find fun in people without necessarily mocking them.

  Roy Blount, Jr.

  Fun, People

  "MoJo Podcast: Roy Blount Jr.’s Southern Fried Language". Interview with Laura Mcclure, www.motherjones.com. April 30, 2009.

• Obama's the most thoughtful-sounding president I can remember. He seems to be saying what he wants to say, and that is a great relief. He always sounds like he's thinking about what he's saying while he's saying it, and that's a rare thing in politicians.

  Roy Blount, Jr.

  Thoughtful, Thinking, President

  "MoJo Podcast: Roy Blount Jr.’s Southern Fried Language". Interview with Laura Mcclure, www.motherjones.com. April 30, 2009.

• Certainly people have said a lot of deeply unfortunate and stupid things in Southern accents, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the accent itself.

  Roy Blount, Jr.

  Stupid, Mean, People

  "MoJo Podcast: Roy Blount Jr.’s Southern Fried Language". Interview with Laura Mcclure, www.motherjones.com. April 30, 2009.

• Lots of people have expressed consternation that I haven't gotten rid of Southern accent, but I just never saw any reason to lose the flavor that I grew up with. I enjoy saying some things with a Southern accent.

  Roy Blount, Jr.

  People, Southern, Flavor