Jim Gaffigan Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• You ever talk about a movie with someone that read the book? They're always so condescending. 'Ah, the book was much better than the movie.' Oh really? What I enjoyed about the movie: no reading.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Funny, Book, Reading

• Every now and then I'll read a book, I'll be so proud of myself, I'll try and squeeze it into conversation. People will be like, "Hey Jim, how ya do-" "I read a book! Two hundred and fifty pages!" "That's great, what was it about?" "No idea! Took me three years!"

  Jim Gaffigan

  Funny, Book, Humor

• You ever buy a book and not read it? You feel almost guilty having it up on a bookshelf. People are like, "Hey, how's that book?" "I haven't read it." "Oh, did you just buy it?" "I've had it since high school." "Well, can I borrow it?" "No."

  Jim Gaffigan

  Funny, Book, School

• You never want to be the worst bowler of the group-because then everyone treats you like you have cancer. "You can do it! We're praying for you." The advice starts. "Use a heavier ball." "Keep your arm straight." "You should get a vasectomy." If you're really bad at bowling like me, they'll ask if want the bumpers up. Not that bowling is that complex anyway. "You want the bumpers? We can get rid of the pins. Why don't you take this coloring book and sit in the corner?"

  Jim Gaffigan

  Funny, Cancer, Book

• You ever read a book that changed your life? Me neither.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Funny, Book, Humor

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• I feel guilty if I'm not reading books, but I read scripts of movies or things that I know I'm committed to that I'm going to do the project. I tell myself, "I'm going to read this script like six times," and I only read it the initial time.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Book, Reading, Scripts

  Source: www.avclub.com

• When you have five little kids, you're not going to open Mindy Kaling's latest book. You're playing with your kids.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Book, Kids, Littles

  Source: www.avclub.com

• Whatever a writer gets paid for his book, it's never enough. I think that's true. It's hard work. But in the end, you wrote a book. It's something real and tangible that sits on a shelf forever.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Real, Book, Hard Work

  "Why Jim Gaffigan Can't Stop Eating". Interview with Comedy Central and J. Rentilly, www.menshealth.com. April 25, 2014.

• We all take Mother's Day seriously and then it's like a month later, a bunch of kids get together and say, "I guess we should do this for the old man, too." Father Day's is weird. It's like celebrating Darth Vader's birthday. It's odd I think. Even the gifts we give dads. Like neckties, which are just like a silk noose. Or books. Would you ever want someone from another generation to give you a book?

  Jim Gaffigan

  Dad, Father, Book

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I don't have any delusions. I'm not a novelist - I'm a comedian who writes. I love doing the stand-up and the touring and the albums and all that, but it's pretty amazing to go into a library and see your book there.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Book, Writing, Comedian

  "Why Jim Gaffigan Can't Stop Eating". Interview with J. Rentilly, www.menshealth.com. April 25, 2014.

• My wife and I, we work together. And we wrote this book, "Dad Is Fat." And in the book, I was encouraged constantly by my editor to be more personal and talk about more personal experiences.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Dad, Book, Editors

  "Comic Jim Gaffigan On Stand-Up, Faith And Opening For The Pope". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 24, 2015.

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