Lorne Michaels

I'm always very fearful when academics get ahold of comedy. Comedy is such a clear thing - people laugh, or they don't…

— Lorne Michaels

Even the most powerful people at a given point in terms of class, will all play by the same rules.

— Lorne Michaels

Yeah, I love Los Angeles.

— Lorne Michaels

My role is to support it, protect it to the extent that I can, and encourage it. I have a regular job…

— Lorne Michaels

It's better when they laugh, isn't it?

— Lorne Michaels

There are things in low comedy that make people uncomfortable, and there are things in high comedy that make people bored.

— Lorne Michaels

Tearing up a picture of the Pope comes under the heading of a Comedy Killer. It kind of breaks the spirit of…

— Lorne Michaels

If a culture doesn't allow you to laugh at the leaders or at things that your eyes and ears tell you are…

— Lorne Michaels

People go to the zoo and they like the lion because it's scary. And the bear because it's intense, but the monkey…

— Lorne Michaels

Some people, their whole lives, are just injustice collectors. They’re going to find new injustices every day. That’s what they do, and…

— Lorne Michaels

I don’t tweet for a very simple reason, which is that I drink.

— Lorne Michaels

We make fun of our leaders.

— Lorne Michaels

“The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready; it goes on because it’s 11:30.”

— Lorne Michaels

Look, she really screwed up and it had a profound effect on her career. To me, it seemed it wasn't fair for…

— Lorne Michaels

One advantage of getting older is knowing when to worry.

— Lorne Michaels

There's nothing that sells stuff like television. Nothing.

— Lorne Michaels

The only way you can really deal with creative people is with very loose reins,

— Lorne Michaels

It's really important that we get out there and we laugh. We're not going to be overly sappy.

— Lorne Michaels

I can't concern myself with how viewers feel.

— Lorne Michaels

“The show (SNL) doesn’t go on because it’s ready; it goes on because it’s 11:30.”

— Lorne Michaels

I'm incredibly proud of the show 'Portlandia' that I do, but it's designed for an audience that just wants that and loves…

— Lorne Michaels

'Saturday Night Live' has always been, you know, non-partisan - whoever's in power should probably be challenged.

— Lorne Michaels

Could I get a friggin' Hot Pocket around here?

— Lorne Michaels

Fatigue is your friend. Through exhaustion and through people just being so depleted, the stuff around the nerve endings gets worn away…

— Lorne Michaels

Everybody blows their first money.

— Lorne Michaels