Louis C. K. Quotes

I love those people who do story-telling and who ramble on, but I don't do that, I tell jokes - the sort of jokes that anyone really could tell in the pub.

I was up until all hours of the night, listening to stories, meeting great old comedians.

I've actually done a lot of comedy.

Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline.

I always wanted to be a popular comedian.

I think one of the perks of getting to do comedy is the ability to hang out with the funniest people in the world.

I go to a lot of comedy shows.

I love comedy and I hope I never stop doing it.

As comedians, we have the opportunity to convey a message that will have an effect. The best can make you laugh and cry, the way musicians and actors can.

What turned me on to comedy was - well, first of all, I like being able to laugh, I like people who can make me laugh.

Comedy shows in D.C. are so much fun. I think because of the intense area that is connected to politics that people need, they need their down time. D.C. audiences are almost universally praised by comedians.

Performing comedy, you develop a rhythm of ideas and laughs. I live for it.

I should clarify that anyone that goes onstage and makes strangers laugh is insane. So I am insane.

To me, if you are in the same building with Peter Sellers or John Cleese, or any of those guys and holding your own making other people laugh, that's a compliment.

I guess in my house when I was growing up, I was comfortable trying to be funny. And my dad, of course, it bugged him sometimes. He was trying to rest, and I was constantly trying to say something stupid to get a reaction. But I like doing these movies. You can do it in front of the camera and then it's over. I don't have to worry about being in front of too many people.

It was always the most fun thing in the world to think of a joke area and talk about it with someone like Jim Carrey, and then he would get on stage fearlessly and tear the house down. That's something I always enjoyed. It also allowed me to not be terrified.

I often say that ... I'm just involved in comedy, so I can be around it.

I think comedy as an art involves the audience as a participant as much as is involves the artist.

All of my life doing interviews, comedy has been my favorite thing, comedians are my favorite people.

I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old.

For me, anything goes when I pick up a mike. I'm not trying to hurt people - I try not to get too personal - but I look at myself as a reporter. If you can report on anything that has to do with pop culture, then why can't I make jokes about it? Yes, it hurts. But I figure that laughter sometimes starts from pain. You might wince, but then I know that I'm doing my job. The only thing I can do wrong is not be funny.

I never used to tell jokes on stage. Now I'm cutting up jokes all night long.

My capacity for humour may have come largely from my father - he liked to entertain people, make people laugh.

In fifth grade, we had to write a story and read it in front of the class. When I read mine out, the class were just belly laughing. And I remember being like, 'This is the coolest!' So I want to dedicate my life to trying to make people laugh. I can't imagine doing anything else.

I was always the class clown; I made my family laugh, and that was when I was always happiest. I grew up listening to stand-up comedians' albums and watching them on TV, on 'The Tonight Show' and Letterman.