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" Love is such a confusing word. You think I'm joking but I'm not. "
Michael Showalter
Think
Love Is
You
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" I like the comedians that go into detail and tell longer stories. "
Michael Showalter
Longer
Detail
Tell
" I mean, do you really think Paul Krugman is checking his Twitter account every day to read what I write? Of course not. Every other day maybe, but not every day. "
Michael Showalter
Think
You
Write
" I've always balked at anything that feels like a clique, even if it's not always in my best interest to do so. I like each individual, fedora-wearing hipster - it's just the greater gestalt that rubs me the wrong way. "
Michael Showalter
Always
Wrong
Me
" You really have no idea whether or not what you're writing is funny. In stand-up and sketch comedy, you know right away and you can make your changes accordingly. "
Michael Showalter
You
Writing
Know
" I'm not sure why I like cats so much. I mean, they're really cute obviously. They are both wild and domestic at the same time. "
Michael Showalter
Mean
Cute
Why
" I tend to a lot of improvisational ranting, and that's fun. For me, stand-up has been, performance-wise, a really good outlet. "
Michael Showalter
Outlet
Really
Been
" Cats aren't cooperative in the same way that other animals are. You can train a dog to act, but you can't train a cat in the same way. "
Michael Showalter
Cat
Animals
Cats
" I think narcissists are endlessly watchable. The way they view the world and the way they interact within the world. "
Michael Showalter
Think
I Think
World
" I went to college thinking of maybe pursuing a career in film criticism. "
Michael Showalter
College
Career
Thinking
" For me, Twitter works best as a way of taking pictures of being stuck in traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge. If people really want to read really funny quips about life, parenting, and pop culture, then by all means read Michael Ian Black's tweets. "
Michael Showalter
Best
Life
Funny
" I knew that if I was going to write a book, I was going to have to read one, too. "
Michael Showalter
Read
Going
Book
" Given the current state of publishing, I think it helps to have a brand name on the cover of your book. Comedians are proven commodities with built-in audiences. They may not have the writing chops of a Dave Eggers, but they're salacious and funny and self-reflective. "
Michael Showalter
Writing
Think
Name
" I am a big proponent of writing a great outline. That way you can avoid hitting a roadblock. There is no worse feeling than writing yourself into a corner but if you've figured it all out in the outline then you won't have that problem. "
Michael Showalter
Great
Yourself
Writing
" I'm not big on fat jokes. That's a little beneath me. I'm not a huge fan of making a joke - and as I say this, I'm sure I do it - completely at someone else's expense. "
Michael Showalter
Someone
Fat
Joke
" I've always loved going to see Broadway shows. I've seen 'em all: Rent, Chorus Line, Cats, West Side Story, Guys & Dolls, Wicked, you name it! "
Michael Showalter
You
Always
Cats
" In real life, comedians aren't funny. "
Michael Showalter
Life
Real Life
Comedians
" There are comedians that I like. I think a lot of it, you just figure out on your own. It's definitely one of those things that you get good at by doing it a lot. But I like Jim Gaffigan. Patton Oswalt. Janeane Garofalo. "
Michael Showalter
Think
Doing
Good
" Many fans don't have the leisure time to track my every word. They're too busy brainstorming solutions to the economic crisis and winning Pulitzers. "
Michael Showalter
Busy
Time
Leisure
" I think comedians see themselves as people among people. "
Michael Showalter
People
See
Think