“The driving force behind doing everything that I've been doing as a stand-up is having problems with authority and not liking to be told what to do.” ProblemForceBehindsAuthorityDrivingDriving Force Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“The Internet is allowing us to get back to what's really more natural, which is that storytelling is a shared thing. It's our natural way to be communal.” WayNaturalInternetStorytellingGet BackAllowing Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“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.” PeopleIfsWritingCertainDiesJokesTragedyTweet Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I never wanted to live a relatable life, I wanted to live an aspirational life. I didn't want to see people who had my life on TV. I wanted to see other lives, right, and so I was always trying to get as much of that stuff as I could.” PeopleWantTryingWantedStuffTvsRelatableAlways Trying Author:George Stroumboulopoulos
“If I wasn't in broadcasting I would like to grow a gigantic beard; and I would like to open a motorcycle garage somewhere in the desert in Nevada and I would disappear and work on bikes, make them really fast. I would love to just race motorcycles for a living if I could do it, but I'm just not that good at it so this is what I'm doing.” IfsGrowsRaceDisappearDesertIf I CouldBikeBeardMotorcycleGarageBroadcastingNevada Author:George Stroumboulopoulos
“Good journalism is crucial. Good journalism isn't easy so I think it's less about what story and more about the layers and context that need to be explored in the story. That's one of the reasons why I'm excited to be a part of CNN. This is the kind of place that you can do that.” ThinkingNeedsKindReasonStoriesEasyCan DoExcitedJournalismReason WhyCrucialLayersCnnGood Journalism Author:George Stroumboulopoulos
“I have to take what I say and make it heavy, so every single bar means something. And there's no riddles in my rhymes. Every single word means something.” MeanHeavyBarsRhymeRiddleSingle Word Author:Ice T
“Dark humor appealed to me because it was a bigger laugh than you could get with anything else. Seeing people laugh at something inappropriate with their whole bodies, a guttural, visceral laugh beyond a mere "hah."” PeopleWholeBodyDarkLaughingSeeingBiggerMereDark HumorInappropriateVisceral Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“Silence means they [the audience] are paying attention. Even if I drop bombs and they're dead quiet, it's still okay. If they start talking, that's when you've lost them.” IfsMeanStillsLostAttentionSilenceTalkingAudienceQuietOkayPay AttentionBombs Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“The trick with hip-hop-hip-hop is a sport. The only music that's really, really close to a sport. It starts off, "My DJ's better than yours. I can out-rap you, I can out-dance you, my graffiti piece is better than you." It's very competitive.” I CanSportsPiecesHip HopRapTricksHipsHopsBetter Than YouDjsGraffiti Author:Ice T