Aaron McGruder Quotes
19 Aaron McGruder quotes:
"Every well needs occasional refreshing. I hope that this fall you will agree that the time away from the demands of deadlines has served the strip, your readers and me."
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"I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that."
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"When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story."
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"You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise."
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"Oprah has the power to lay waste to entire industries with a mere utterance. That's a power that you have to respect. And ultimately I respect it."
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"I'm trying to live well, and there is no freedom in America if you're economically bound to the system."
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"And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it."
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"One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late."
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"I've never been able to predict what people are going to get mad at. I've tried and I've always been surprised."
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"We have, essentially, a worthless democracy."
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"Our show is not 'Family Guy,' ... The element of race changes everything."
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"I cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses."
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"We have to confront the very scary fact that the president is a moron. He's really dumb."
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"Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back."
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"that's what late-night cable is for, I guess. You don't have to hear it at 8 o'clock, but you sure can hear it at 11:30, or 11 o'clock, on Adult Swim, if you so desire -- it will be there for you."
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"they're not really thrilled about it, but I keep trying to push them."
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"For me, it really first has to be a good story and be funny. If you're doing sincere comedy, the edgy stuff kind of happens on its own."
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"I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism."
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"The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy."
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