Stephen Colbert Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• I used to write things for friends. There was this girl I had a crush on, and she had a teacher she didn't like at school. I had a real crush on her, so almost every day I would write her a little short story where she would kill him in a different way.

  Stephen Colbert

  Crush, Girl, Teacher

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. August 11, 2003.

• So, if I'm no cheerleader of sports, why write a chapter about it? Sports do have some positive impact on society. They solve problems, such as how to get inner-city kids to spend $175 on shoes. They serve as a backdrop for some of our most memorable commercials. And they remain the one and only relevant application of math. Not only that, but we have sports to thank for most of the last century's advances in manliness. The system starts in school, where gym class separates the men from the boys. Then those men are taught to be winners, or at least, losers that hate themselves.

  Stephen Colbert

  Sports, Hate, Kids

• I'm not a standup. I didn't start off as a writer, I learned to write through improvisation, and so that's the part of the show that can most surprise me. The written part of the show, I know I can get wrong. You can't really get the interview "wrong."

  Stephen Colbert

  Writing, Interviews, Surprise

  "Working" with David Plotz, www.slate.com. October 17, 2014.

• Writing and producing the show is an intellectual process. Performing the show is far more athletic and intuitive, because you don't get to do it twice. It helps if you've done whatever the old saw is, 10,000 hours of it. Because I've done 10,000 hours of comedy, I have this database in my mind of what works and what doesn't work.

  Stephen Colbert

  Writing, Athletic, Intellectual

  Slate's Working Podcast with David Plotz, October 17, 2014.

• You should spend more time with your families; write that novel you've always wanted to write. You know, the one about the fearless reporter who stands up to the administration. You know - fiction.

  Stephen Colbert

  Writing, Fearless, Administration

  "Stephen Colbert and George Bush Lampoon President Bush" by James Joyner, www.outsidethebeltway.com. April 30, 2006.

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