Explore Quotes by Marc Maron

I think seeing Pryor's first movie, Live In Concert, when I was in high school changed my life. Pryor really put the heart in darkness for me.

On some level any appearance on Television can be seen as a product endorsement.

I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my part in that battle and I don't regret any of it.

In most cases the only difference between depression and disappointment is your level of commitment.

We’re built to deal with death, disease, failure, struggle, heartbreak, problems. It’s what separates us from the animals and why we envy and love animals so much. We’re aware of it all and have to process it. The way we each handle being human is where all the good stories, jokes, art, wisdom, revelations, and bullshit come from.

I’m glad to be part of the war on sadness. I’m a part time employee of the illusion that keeps people stupid.

Is it hard to make a living in show business? Yeah.

You know when you make popcorn there are always those fluffy white kernels that are fun and good to eat but there are also always those burnt, black kernels that don’t pop. You know why they don’t pop? Because they have integrity.

Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown and some people have no taste at all and any clown will do.

Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.

As a performer you are being used to keep people watching so the commercial endorsements that support the network can be seen by as many people as possible.

The truth is, I can’t read anything with any distance. Every book is a self-help book to me. Just having them makes me feel better.

The next evolutionary step is into the screen.

People who have babies tell me I will know a love that is beyond anything I can imagine, and a joy that is indescribable. Love and joy? That sounds horrifying. I have no way of knowing whether I can handle either of those. I'm much better with need and fear. They are what ground me.

That's an animal fable about humility. If you survive your mistake, you must learn from it. Accept that you're fragile, vulnerable, and sometimes stupid. Realize that you're not immortal and you've got to take care of yourself. And then laugh it off and fly away.

When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually negotiate.

That’s the big challenge of life—to chisel disappointment into wisdom so people respect you and you don’t annoy your friends with your whining.

If you can't afford the good food or if you can't afford health care or if you don't have a job or if your car is dangerous because you can't get it fixed and you DIE, you just lost the game-bzzzzz-thanks for playing extreme capitalism.

Faith in the face of disappointment is only enhanced by laughter in the face of pain.

Some of you may be perfectly happy with mediocrity. Some of you will get nothing but heartbreak. Some of you will be heralded as geniuses and become huge. Of course, all of you think that one describes you...hence the delusion necessary to push on.

I believe in God... just in case. It's like there's some list somewhere and you don't want to be on it. I don't want to say THERE'S NO GOD! and then die and say, Oh, Hi... Is there some kind of community service I can do?