Sam Kinison

Real comedy doesn't just make people laugh and think, but makes them laugh and change.

When has stand-up comedy been kind to anyone? It goes after anyone who's the target. Comedy attacks, man.

I'm not going to give up the shock part of my comedy.

I'm a comedian, and my comedy has never endorsed violence towards gays.

Just because I do a few comedy bits about gay people, that does not mean I'm out there promoting some anti-gay cause.

What am I responsible for? Who am I responsible to? Everybody? How come when Archie Bunker nailed everybody, it was funny - but when I do it, it's not?

Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.

Rage only works if it is justified. That's the trick with rage. You gotta have a reason to be mad.

I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.

Every generation has someone who steps outside the norm and offers a voice for the unspeakable attitudes of that time. I represent everything that's supposed to be wrong, everything that's forbidden.