It's this simple law, which every writer knows, of taking two opposites and putting them in a room together. I love anything with Cartman and Butters at the same time, it's great. Trey Parker More Quotes by Trey Parker More Quotes From Trey Parker I got into this little habit of architecture and building. I designed a house in Colorado and one in Hawaii. The idea is supposed to be build and sell - but then I can never bring myself to sell them. Trey Parker colorado house ideas Living is having ups and downs and sharing them with friends. Trey Parker prehistoric-man ups-downs What we're always looking for is weird social issues and weird connections to make. Luckily for them, there's no shortage of material. Trey Parker issues connections social I just realized that there are going to be a lot of painful times in life, so I better learn to deal with them in the right way. Trey Parker painful-times negativity way You know that everyone thinks that in order to do South Park we must be wild, crazy, rock and roll stars. But the truth is we're just wholesome middle-American guys. We enjoy soda pop, baseball and beating up old people just as much as anybody Trey Parker crazy stars baseball Any job is a job. If you have to be doing something, then you're probably not enjoying it. Trey Parker enjoy ifs jobs We're the guys who, if someone says you really shouldn't do an episode making fun of Scientologists, we say, 'Whatever.' Someone says, 'They might come try to burn your house down,' we say, 'We'll just get another one.' Trey Parker guy house fun I bought a house for my mom, I bought a house for my dad, I bought a house for my sister. Trey Parker dad mom house I was always a very happy, optimistic person. Trey Parker very-happy optimistic persons The Republicans didn't want the government to run your life, because Jesus should. That was really part of their thing: less government, more Jesus. Now it's like, how about more government and Jesus? Trey Parker government running jesus It's been a fascinating thing because we didn't really know how to write when we started South Park at all. It's been like, we've just sort of grown up a bit and it's amazing to just see how, if you take Butters and Cartman and put them in any scene, it works. Trey Parker parks scene writing I would let my kids watch this stuff way before I'd let them watch something like 'Full House' that I think would make them stupid. Trey Parker stupid kids thinking My dad was just a big Joseph Campbell nut. Trey Parker dad bigs nuts It's not like we have a formula, but I think one of the reasons this show has survived is that it has a big heart at its center. Other cartoon shows have people crap on each other and make racist jokes. But I don't think people tune in for that. I just don't think a show lasts for 10 years without a heart. Trey Parker heart years thinking If we have a great idea, we'll go, 'Oh, this could be a cool movie.' Or really for us, it's more like, 'Oh, this is a really bad idea. Let's do this. This seems really stupid.' Trey Parker cool-movie stupid ideas Well I looked in my moms closet and saw what I was getting for Christmas, an ultravibe pleasure 2000. Trey Parker saws christmas mom I grew up with the religion of 'Star Wars,' frankly. That's when I realized there is something bigger out there... and it's called The Force. Trey Parker bigger stars war I hate puppets so much. I dream about puppets all night. I see strings on people. The nice thing is we can just take a puppet and put it in front of a wall and blow the shit out of it. Trey Parker i-hate puppets hate Careful?! Was my mother careful when she stabbed me in the heart with a coat hanger while I was still in womb? Trey Parker coats mother heart When I was in sixth grade there was a talent show, and I wrote my first sketch, 'The Dentist.' I played the dentist, and I had my friend play a patient. It was sort of what can go wrong at the dentist, and I just remember I had lots of fake blood and everything. Trey Parker fake play blood