“I’m so fortunate, because I just love making shit up.”— Steven Wright, theguardian.comTagged: comedy, Writing, Making Shit Up
“The idea comes, then the wording comes within 25 seconds. And then it’s done. And if I say it and it doesn’t work, I don’t change it, I get rid of it.”— Steven Wright, theguardian.comTagged: Writing, Jokes, Creative Process
“You never know what you have until it’s gone, and I wanted to know what I had, so I got rid of everything.”— Steven Wright, theguardian.comTagged: One-Liners, Zen, Absurd, Surreal, Deadpan
“I just started at an open mic night in the 1970s and I’m still going, still doing now what I started to do then. I know other people might look up to me. But really, I’m just me after a bit of time has gone by.”— Steven Wright, theguardian.comTagged: Open Mic, Standup Comedy, Standup Comics, 1970s
“In Babe: Pig in the City, my voice came out of a real chimpanzee. It’s weird to go to the movies and see a 15-foot chimpanzee’s head with your voice coming out of it. It’s fun.”— Steven Wright, theguardian.comTagged: Babe: Pig in the City, Chimpanzee, Voiceover, Fun