Chris Rock Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• The thing I try to get across to the writers - and I do a lot of writing, too - is that when I do stand-up, nothing I talk about is funny. Everything is really sad and tragic and then I make it funny.

  Chris Rock

  Fun, Writing, Trying

• You can write a great country record and still be angry. Who's angrier than Toby Keith? He's angrier than the average 10 rappers.

  Chris Rock

  Country, Writing, Rapper

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. November 17, 2004.

• I always say about my daughters, they save me from my miserable self. They take me out, you know, a comedian, you could live in your head a lot. And you're writing and you're doubting. But when I'm with my kids and my family, it's all about them.

  Chris Rock

  Daughter, Mother, Writing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• I never really write the jokes. I just sit down over a week or two and try to figure out what I want to talk about. Once I narrow that down, then I start working on the material, like "How do I make this stuff funny?"

  Chris Rock

  Writing, Two, Trying

  Source: www.avclub.com

• The thing about having an audience right there laughing is that critics can write what they want, but the proof is right there in front of you.

  Chris Rock

  Writing, Laughing, Want

  Source: www.avclub.com

• Success is just hanging out with my kids. I mean, I always say if you have options, you're rich. To me, success is the fact that hey, I just did a movie and maybe I'll do some stand up, maybe I'll will write a book or maybe I will do a play.

  Chris Rock

  Book, Writing, Mean

  "Chris Rock On Standup, Sellouts And Defining Success". Interview with Audie Cornish, kwit.org. December 05, 2014.

• I don't write jokes first. I write down topics. I think of what I want to talk about, and then I write the jokes - they don't write me... And even if you don't think it's funny, you won't think it's boring. You might disagree, but you'll listen. And maybe even laugh as you disagree.

  Chris Rock

  Writing, Thinking, Laughing

  "'A Lot of the Comics That Have Come Up . . . Don't Study Comedy'". Interview with Chuck Crisafulli, articles.latimes.com. June 5, 1996.

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