Anthony Jeselnik Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• Sure, retarded jokes write themselves. But the spelling is always way off.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Writing, Way, Retarded

  Twitter post from Oct 04, 2010

• I would write 100 jokes a day. Most of them were terrible. But I just said, 'I'll write more than everybody else, and that's how I'll get better.'

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Writing, Get Better, Said

• About a year after I moved to Los Angeles, I decided I wanted to be a joke writer for a late night talk show. So I met with a late night joke writer and he told me that I should start by doing stand-up comedy, because that would really hone my sense of humor and joke writing ability. Eventually I took a stand-up class and a few months later I had a seven-minute act.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Writing, Night, Years

  "Comedian Anthony Jeselnik: “He’s The Best!” -Everybody". Interview With David Dean, www.serialoptimist.com. November 29, 2010.

• On Twitter, when someone would die, I would write a joke. Or if there's a tragedy, I would write a joke and tweet it. That was my thing, and then at a certain point, people started demanding it.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Writing, People, Tragedy

  "Anthony Jeselnik on roasting, ripping off Jack Handey, and giving the devil his own TV show". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 12, 2013.

• 2010 has been awesome. I got to write on the David Hasselhoff Roast this summer, and that's always been a dream.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Summer, Dream, Writing

  "Comedian Anthony Jeselnik: “He’s The Best!” -Everybody". Interview With David Dean, www.serialoptimist.com. November 29, 2010.

• I was always cutting words. I even would write my jokes in my notebook. I still do this, almost like a poem.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Notebook, Writing, Cutting

  "Anthony Jeselnik on roasting, ripping off Jack Handey, and giving the devil his own TV show". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 12, 2013.

• I'm really proud of the album. It's something I always wanted to do but I had to wait until I was ready. Shakespeare is a culmination of eight years of stand up experience and joke writing. I recorded two shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York. The crowds were great and that's what really makes an album.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  New York, Writing, Eight

  "Comedian Anthony Jeselnik: “He’s The Best!” -Everybody". Interview With David Dean, www.serialoptimist.com. November 29, 2010.

• I'm not a comedy writer, I'm a comedian, so I only write stuff that I would want to say.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Writing, Comedian, Stuff

  "Comedian Anthony Jeselnik Is Eager To Offend You". Interview with Jordan Zakarin, www.buzzfeed.com. July 9, 2013.

• Todd Glass has amazing energy on stage. Dave Attell is one of my favorites because he's a one liner comic who is always incredibly in the moment with the audience. As for newer people, I think Adrienne Iapalucci writes some great, dark jokes and Sean Patton has a hilarious voice on stage.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Writing, Dark, Thinking

  "Comedian Anthony Jeselnik: “He’s The Best!” -Everybody". Interview With David Dean, www.serialoptimist.com. November 29, 2010.

• I enjoyed writing for someone elses voice, but I wasnt very good at it.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Writing, Voice, Very Good

• Usually the beginning of a story that people hear a lot. For example, "My girlfriend is upset about her new haircut" or "My dad keeps losing his car keys." And then I just think of different ways the story could end. "My girlfriend is upset about her new haircut. I don't understand why she's crying. I'm the one who has to get a new girlfriend." Then I try it out on stage. I don't do a lot of re-writing. My jokes either work or they don't. The trick is just to write a ton of jokes.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Girlfriend, Dad, Writing

  "Comedian Anthony Jeselnik: “He’s The Best!” -Everybody". Interview With David Dean, www.serialoptimist.com. November 29, 2010.

• I got into comedy because I wanted to get into writing.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Writing, Comedy, Wanted

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. July 9, 2013.

• I try to write three jokes every morning, although I don't know what they are. I write them as fast as I can, then I put them away for a month. So I couldn't even tell you what they are, or if they're good. I just assume they weren't.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Morning, Writing, Trying

  "Anthony Jeselnik on Sharon Stone, thankless open mics, and his evil plan". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. October 16, 2015.

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