Shaun Tan Quotes

I watch TV on my TV pretty exclusively. However, when I'm on that long flight between Los Angeles and New York, a great way to pass that time is to download movies on iTunes and watch them on my laptop.

Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories.

I was bored at college, so I put $10 in a jukebox in this place where people played ping-pong and pool. I put in $10 of 'Jingle Bell Rock,' and this was back in the '90s, so it played 'Jingle Bell Rock,' like, 40 times in a row. It was just really fun to watch because after the fourth time, people were just losing-their-minds angry.

The reason I'm writing funny books is that I wish there were more.

I consider myself to be first and foremost a comic writer. The way I entertain myself - especially in those long and grim hours in the office - is to write stuff I find funny.

Kids are funny.

I do like to shock and surprise people. When it's all in good fun, of course.

I love to play it. I think it's funny. It's always been funny to me. Somebody who's large and in charge but totally wrong-headed.

I'm a prankster, so some of the - you know, I like a good joke. I think when it's funny, it's funny.

I'm goofy. I'm silly. I like to have fun.

Women behaving badly has always been funny, to me personally, so I knew I wanted to do something like that.

Children are funny.

Jet Blue is my preferred airline. I love the cleanliness, technology, and the staff is always wonderful.

Why do I want to annoy people? Because annoying people is funny.

I know comedians who go on weird day trips in order to have random experiences they can talk about. They'll go on their own to Thorpe Park waiting for something hilarious to happen. That's really sad.

This is your captain speaking. Welcome aboard flight...one, from...here to there. We'll be cruising at a height of ten feet, going up to twelve and a half feet if we see anything big. And our copilot today is a flask of coffee.

Mickey [Rourke] one time just basically drove off in the picture car that we were driving in. For my amusement. It was either to kidnap me or for my amusement.

We all need a laugh and I guess you're just the one.

Tell me again what we're doing here," I said, running a continuous scan of our surroundings. Fang popped some Cracker Jack into his mouth. "We're here to watch manly men do manly things." I followed Fang's line of sight: He was watching the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, who were not doing manly things, by any stretch of the imagination.

I don't take myself too seriously. I enjoy what I do. I enjoy making people laugh.

I'd rather be funny than wise.

Humor is based on surprise, and surprise is a milder way of saying shock. It's surprise that makes the joke.

Nobody sets out to offend or shock for the sake of shocking. You set out to get laughs.

If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.

I reckon I am a smart aleck, but it is just a way to pass the time.