“It's something you can actually control. With writing, it feels like it's given to you, and when the good stuff hits, it feels like it's coming from some other planet.And you're just channeling it.” FeelsWritingGivenStuffPlanetsChanneling Author:Donald Miller
“Marriage is actually really terrifying. It doesn't work for many people.” People Author:Katherine Heigl
“You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.” StoriesRunningBeautifulTaughtConflictMeaningfulGood StoryRobbing Author:Donald Miller
“Who cares what entertainers on the air think about international affairs? Who would want to hear me about Vietnam? They can hear all they want from people with reason to be respected as knowledgeable.” PeopleThinkingWantReasonCareAirAffairInternationalVietnamWho CaresEntertainersKnowledgeableInternational Affairs Author:Johnny Carson
“Audiences have proved time and again that they don't want a steady diet of any entertainer airing his social views - especially if he's a comedian.” IfsWantSocialViewsAudienceComedianDietsSteadyEntertainers Author:Johnny Carson
“When a comic becomes enamored with his own views and foists them off on the public in a polemic way, he loses not only his sense of humor but his value as a humorist.” WayValuesLosesViewsComicSense Of HumorHumoristsEnamoredPolemics Author:Johnny Carson
“When the public starts classifying you as thoughtful, someone given to serious issues, you find yourself declassified as a humorist.” GivenIssuesSeriousThoughtfulFinding YourselfHumoristsSerious IssuesClassifying Author:Johnny Carson
“Americans, too many of them, take themselves too seriously. You're going to get rapped - by the viewers, by the sponsors and by the network brass - if you joke about doctors, lawyers, dentists, scientists, bus drivers, I don't care who. You can't make a joke about Catholics, Negroes, Jews, Italians, politicians, dogs or cats. In fact, politicians, dogs and cats are the most sacred institutions in America.” IfsFactsCareAmericaDogPoliticianJokesCatDoctorsScientistCatholicInstitutionsSacredJewDon't CareLawyerI Don't CareDriversBusViewersDentistBrassSponsorsCat And DogBus Driver Author:Johnny Carson
“There's a lot of hypocrisy in audiences. I'd never dream of telling even on a nightclub stage, let alone my show, some of the jokes that are told in a lot of the living rooms from which we get those letters!” ShowsDreamRoomsAudienceStageJokesLettersHypocrisyLiving RoomNightclubs Author:Johnny Carson
“Talking about sexual morality, I wouldn't agree that it's declining, but it's certainly changing. Young and old, we are very much in the process of taking a fresh look at the whole issue of morality. The only decline that's taking place - and it's about time - is in the old puritanical concept that sex is equated with sin.” LooksWholeYoungSexProcessSinTalkingIssuesMoralityConceptsAgreeDeclineYoung And Old Author:Johnny Carson