Internet fame is like regular fame only without all the annoying 'money' and 'power.' Michael Ian Black More Quotes by Michael Ian Black More Quotes From Michael Ian Black The global business climate is likewhatever, dude. Michael Ian Black global-business climate My absolute favorite growing up was Super Friends. The assemblage of so many mighty heroes in one place was, to me, mind-blowing. It was Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman, and then sometimes Hawkman and some other, lesser heroes. Michael Ian Black mind-blowing growing-up hero I don't watch that much comedy. I think it's professional jealousy. That and a lack of support for my community. Michael Ian Black support community thinking I loved Dungeons & Dragons. Actually, not so much the actual playing as the creation of characters and the opportunity to roll twenty-sided dice. I loved those pouches of dice Dungeon Masters would trundle around, loved choosing what I was going to be: warrior, wizard, dwarf, thief. Michael Ian Black warrior opportunity character There is no word for feeling nostalgic about the future, but that's what a parent's tears often are, a nostalgia for something that has not yet occurred. They are the pain of hope, the helplessness of hope, and finally, the surrender to hope. Michael Ian Black pain parent feelings I imagine there's a level of narcissism that goes into thinking you're enough. Michael Ian Black narcissism levels thinking I can be a snarky Asshole, or I can be sort of mentally impaired. It's very hard for me to just be normal human being. Michael Ian Black hard normal humans I was very surprised how many people were earnestly reminiscing about the '80s. It's such a stupid thing to do, like, to be honestly invested in nostalgia. It never even occurred to me to do that. Michael Ian Black reminiscing stupid people The characters that I have on Twitter have very little resemblance to me, the person who's writing them. Michael Ian Black writing littles character It's such a deliberate thing to sit down and write a tweet. You're putting yourself out there in a very deliberate way, and over however many tweets, you start to create a character for yourself. Michael Ian Black down-and writing character Twitter is about creating whatever persona you want to create and either sticking with it or changing it or evolving it or contradicting it, and I've done all that stuff. Michael Ian Black creating done want By the end of the time I'm writing a book, I'm tearing my hair out and I want to go do stand-up. And then I want to do something else. I don't know why it is true with me that I can't just be satisfied doing the one thing, but I'm constantly flitting from one thing to another. Michael Ian Black hair writing book I think writing for anybody helps you order your life. It helps you arrange your emotions and your thoughts and it helps to provide perspective. Michael Ian Black writing order thinking I probably should be thinking of better ideas on how to promote myself, but I don't really spend a lot of time doing it. I really don't know how to promote effectively. Michael Ian Black should ideas thinking Hosting a game show is so bizarre and uniquely its own thing. Anytime I'm hosting something, I try to bring as much of myself to it as I can, but it's always going to be incomplete. Michael Ian Black bizarre games trying Hosting a show, even a talk show or a game show, there's so much business you have to conduct. There's so much guiding you have to do. Michael Ian Black game-shows shows games With stand-up, you can be as freeform as you want to be. You can say what you want, how you want, at any moment without constraint. Michael Ian Black constraints moments want The illustrators work so much harder on the books than the writers do. I mean, that's so much work doing what they do, and it's terrible for them. Michael Ian Black terrible mean book If I revise a children's book, if I'm spending three hours on the first draft, I'm probably spending 30 minutes revising it. I mean, come on! But to redo a painting? That's hard work. Michael Ian Black hard-work book children Kids love to be silly, they love to laugh, so I think it was natural for my kids to like the sort of books that I write - and it's the only kinds of books I'm capable of writing. Michael Ian Black silly writing book
