“When you sit down and write a song, you kind of have the idea for the song, and you sit there at the piano and you kinda just write it. And then of course later there's some dinking around with it and changing some stuff. But there's this thing that happens when the song first comes out, that sort of magic when it first comes out of the ether, and you can't even really explain where it comes from. That happens so much with music, and people understand that with music. But I really think that a lot of movie and TV should be the same way.” PeopleThinkingWayShouldWritingFirstsKindIdeasHappensSongCoursesStuffMagicTvsDown AndPiano Author:Trey Parker
“I spend shockingly little time thinking about real-world stuff.” ThinkingWorldLittlesRealStuffReal WorldLittle Time Author:Trey Parker
“Once you have kids, you think like a parent. You get a lot more protective.” ThinkingKidsParentProtective Author:Trey Parker
“I would let my kids watch this stuff way before I'd let them watch something like 'Full House' that I think would make them stupid.” ThinkingWayKidsHouseStuffWatchesStupidFull House Author:Trey Parker
“Hollywood views regular people as children, and they think they're the smart ones who need to tell the idiots out there how to be.” PeopleThinkingNeedsChildrenViewsSmartHollywoodIdiot Author:Trey Parker
“It's not like we have a formula, but I think one of the reasons this show has survived is that it has a big heart at its center. Other cartoon shows have people crap on each other and make racist jokes. But I don't think people tune in for that. I just don't think a show lasts for 10 years without a heart.” PeopleThinkingYearsHeartReasonShowsBigsLastsJokesTunesRacistFormulasCrapSurvivedCartoonBig HeartCartoon ShowsRacist Jokes Author:Trey Parker
“I think people that have a brother or sister don't realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that there's always somebody there, somebody that's family.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHomeFightingRealizingFamilyBrotherLuckySiblingLarge FamilySiblings BrothersRakhi Author:Trey Parker
“It's all based on saying the shocking thing. We used to have a great time going to Hollywood parties and saying 'I think George Bush is doing a great job.' We'd clear out the room. I used to love it.” ThinkingJobsUsedRoomsPartyClearHollywoodShockingGreat TimesGreat JobUsed To LoveShocking Things Author:Trey Parker
“You know that everyone thinks that in order to do South Park we must be wild, crazy, rock and roll stars. But the truth is we're just wholesome middle-American guys. We enjoy soda pop, baseball and beating up old people just as much as anybody” PeopleThinkingKnowsGuyOrderStarsEnjoyCrazyMiddleRocksTruth IsBaseballSouthPopsParksRock And RollOld PeopleSodaAmerican GuysSoda Pop Author:Trey Parker
“It's funny because I think a lot of it is simply... We've never considered ourselves satirists, but because we're on Comedy Central and because we're South Park on Comedy Central, we can do any topic we want.” ThinkingWantFunnyCan DoComedySouthParksTopicsSatirist Author:Trey Parker
“I think that parents only get so offended by television because they rely on it as a babysitter and the sole educator of their kids.” ThinkingKidsParentTelevisionRelySoleOffendedEducatorBabysitter Author:Trey Parker
