“So often with beginning writers, the story that they want to start with is the most important story of their life - my molestation, my this, my horrible drug addiction - they want to tell that most important story, and they don't have the skills to tell it yet, so it ends up becoming a comedy. A powerful story told poorly becomes funny, it just makes people laugh behind their hands.” PeopleWantImportantEndsStoriesHandsPowerfulBehindsLaughingComedyBecomingDrugSkillsAddictionHorribleMaking People LaughDrug AddictionDrug AddictMolestationBeginning Writers Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“If you purposefully look to shock people, it isn't funny. That's what 50 million dollar Hollywood comedies do; try to be shocking and dirty. They aren't really. It isn't enough to shock. It's easy to shock. Real surprise is what I'm after. Those early movies, we had drugs, which you weren't supposed to show. You weren't supposed to shoot up. We would make fun of hippies. I think that we were punk before there was punk.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingLooksRealEnoughShowsFunEasyMillionsComedyDrugHollywoodDollarsSurpriseDirtyShockPunkShockingHippieMillion Dollars Author:John Waters
“I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too.” StillsHumorFunnyUsedComedyDrug Author:Mitch Hedberg
“Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.” KindHumorProcessChallengesComedyDrugTherapyRelaxation Author:James Thurber
“I don't do drugs anymore... than, say, the average touring funk band.” HumorFunnyComedyDrugBandAverageTouringFunk Author:Bill Hicks
“Comedy is the drug, when they laugh it's like I'm a jazz musician and they hear it, and they get it. It's power to take the crowd wherever I want them to go. I love it when they laugh, especially when they relate through laughter. It's a beautiful thing. It also means I'm going to get paid, which is nice.” WantMeanBeautifulLaughingComedyNiceDrugMusicianLaughterPaidJazzCrowdsRelateBeautiful ThingsJazz MusicJazz Musician Author:Alonzo Bodden
“I think that comedy is a good defense for a child. Because you know childhood is a nightmare as it is. And so why not use comedy and being funny as a defense to get through your life as opposed to drugs, alcohol and good looks? Because those things are dangerous when your young.” ThinkingKnowsLooksChildrenUseYoungComedyChildhoodDangerousDrugDefenseAlcoholNightmareWhy NotLooking GoodBeing Funny Author:Joy Behar
“Everyone has favorite criminals. Mine are pimps. We can all rob a bank; we can all sell drugs. Being a pimp is a whole other thing.” WholeHumorFunnyComedyMinesDrugSellsCriminalsPimp Author:Chris Rock
“Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.” PeopleLifeRealityInspirationFunnyComedyDrugAddictionAddictCocaineDrug AddictionDrug AddictCrutchesAlcohol AddictionDrug Addiction RecoveryFunny DrugDrug RecoveryValiumHallucinogenic Drugs Author:Robin Williams
“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the Weather.” MenMatterPhilosophyDreamHumorTodayFunnyYoungLife IsUniverseEnergyImaginationConsciousnessComedyMediaHumourDrugWittyWeatherYoung ManLife And DeathTomsVibrationsAcidPsychedelicLife DeathLsdPsychedelic ExperienceStream Of ConsciousnessHallucinogensWeathermenMatter And EnergyTrippy Author:Bill Hicks
“A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole.” PeopleProblemFunnyPoliticsComedyDrugTreatsBehaveChemicalsLicensePsychedelicCocaineCompoundsFunny DrugChemical CompoundsDrug Taking Author:Frank Zappa