Marc Maron

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

— Marc Maron

I look at every book as a self-help book.

— Marc Maron

I was married once before, and I stopped.

— Marc Maron

I'm proud to be part of a generation where reading is a 'look.'

— Marc Maron

I'm not for everyone. I'm barely for me.

— Marc Maron

Art is supposed to punch you in the brain, and it's supposed to stay punched.

— Marc Maron

There's a fine line between cultural criticism and bitterness.

— Marc Maron

It's easy to maintain your integrity when no one is offering to buy it out.

— Marc Maron

I once talked about wanting to kill myself, but I don't think I was ever really planning on doing it. It was…

— Marc Maron

Comics seemed to have a handle on things. They could sort of disarm and get control over reality. I found it very…

— Marc Maron

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

— Marc Maron

As a performer you are being used to keep people watching so the commercial endorsements that support the network can be seen…

— Marc Maron

Americans don't understand irony? I am an intelligent person living in the United States. My entire existence is ironic.

— Marc Maron

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

— Marc Maron

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

You hope to see an arc of growth in your ability to become a character on television.

— Marc Maron

Let's be honest, this is a consumer based economy in America. That's all we manufacture here is need and appetite. We are…

— Marc Maron

When I was a bit older I had all of the George Carlin records, all of the Steve Martin records, all of…

— Marc Maron

“I was with her for about six years before I asked her to marry me, which only means one thing: I shouldn’t…

— Marc Maron

“[...] I'm about to get on a plane here, and I'm packing recovery literature. All I know is I'm going to be…

— Marc Maron

It's not all about love. That's half of it... The other half is about that moment you have with yourself when you're…

— Marc Maron

What appealed to me was the intimacy of the medium, the fact that I was doing it from my home, and the…

— Marc Maron

I'm just looking for authentic engagement of some kind, and usually, after an hour or more, you get that. Some people talk…

— Marc Maron

There are a lot of things that I'm allowing myself to be, but it's a conscious effort to experience contentment for me.…

— Marc Maron

Is there any indication we shouldn't be depressed - are you living on the same planet that I am? Do you ever…

— Marc Maron

“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

“I develop oddly deep emotional connections to people in my life that are one-sided. I may just be a passing character to…

— Marc Maron

A lot of people think that Jesus is coming back. That's fine, it's your right. But you know, I live in New…

— Marc Maron

We’re built to deal with death, disease, failure, struggle, heartbreak, problems. It’s what separates us from the animals and why we envy…

— Marc Maron

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…

— Marc Maron

I've had this look for about a year. I usually grow this beard out around Christmas. I like to go to malls…

— Marc Maron

I used to be jealous; I'm not jealous anymore. And a miracle happened to me, because if you're jealous, it's a cancer,…

— Marc Maron

“I expect relief and life-changing impact from everything.”

— Marc Maron

Hopefully standup will become special again.

— Marc Maron

My dad is actually a manic depressive, which is very exciting half the time.

— Marc Maron

The next evolutionary step is into the screen.

— Marc Maron

I'm not completely sure we aren't all living in a hallucination now.

— Marc Maron

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.

— Marc Maron

The way I figure it, if you can't tell I'm high by looking at me, I win.

— Marc Maron

Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.

— Marc Maron