Faith in the face of disappointment is only enhanced by laughter in the face of pain. — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
Your insecurity and neediness is what makes you a big neurotic ball of comedy genius. — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well but I think standup is in the… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to exploit 'comedians' and create very cheap television… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment. — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
The development of the comedy club industry destroyed the uniqueness and intimacy of the profession but it also created jobs for comics… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
I just wanted to be a good comic and had no sense of show business, but at some point you want the… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
I think things evolve into jokes. I don't generally write them down as jokes. I talk them out. — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
I'm not against people just being funny or telling stories. I don't need to delve into the soft, dark core all the… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
Whether people know the evolution of the conversation or not, I don't know, but thematically, as a comedian, I stay in the… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment. Going up with an idea and fleshing… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
It always astounds me that over the course of my career, and having lived in four comedy cities - New York, Boston,… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
“Comedians in their infancy are generally selfish, irresponsible, emotionally retarded, morally dubious, substance-addicted animals who live out of boxes and milk crates.… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
In my life, I didn't get into comedy to be - I had no business model. All I wanted to do was,… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
I came upon whatever I'm doing organically. I didn't study anything. I don't have any real aspirations other than to connect with… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
Jokes do finish themselves. I really do see them as ongoing conversations about personal themes that I ruminate on. — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown and some people have no taste at… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
The development of the comedy club industry destroyed the uniqueness and intimacy of the profession but it also created jobs for comics and bred… — Marc Maron Copy Share
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… — Marc Maron Copy Share
We need the children of Indonesia and the Philippines to manufacture our freedom of choice. — Marc Maron Copy Share
There's this whole post-modern, nuevo beatnik, retro-bohemian thing going on, you know what I mean? You walk into some coffee shops, and it feels… — Marc Maron Copy Share
My favorite part is being engaged with somebody's story and life, and getting a laugh with people I have a tremendous amount of respect… — Marc Maron Copy Share
The medium of podcasting and the personal nature of it, the relationship you build with your listeners and the relationship they have with you… — Marc Maron Copy Share
“There's something to be said that if everyone likes something there's gotta be something fucking wrong with it on some level. Unless it's ice… — Marc Maron Copy Share
It amazes me that we are all on Twitter and Facebook. By "we" I mean adults. We're adults, right? But emotionally we're a culture… — Marc Maron Copy Share
I'm not against people just being funny or telling stories. I don't need to delve into the soft, dark core all the time. If… — Marc Maron Copy Share
“He doesn't have anything like wisdom of age or hindsight. He's a biased historian of self, an emotional revisionist. We all are, for the… — Marc Maron Copy Share
I live in Los Angeles, I know it exists. I know you're not supposed to taste air. — Marc Maron Copy Share
I knew most of my radio listeners were lefty political people, and I decided definitively not to be that guy - not to address… — Marc Maron Copy Share
There are also always those burnt, hard kernels at the bottom that don't pop. You know why they don't pop? They don't pop because… — Marc Maron Copy Share
I think most other comics are like, 'I'm going to do my fkin' act and that'll be that.' With me, it's like, 'What if… — Marc Maron Copy Share
