“I've learned from experience that if you work harder at it, and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work.”
Experience
“For my scale, how I grew up and live my life, I'm making plenty of money.”
MoneyAll Quotes by Louis C. K.
“To me, art supplies are always okay to buy.”
Art“The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to.”
Famous“When two kids are being completely berserk, and they're naked and throwing food around, sometimes I just let it go because I can see a future where they're going to be dressed, and they're going to be at school. So I kind of let stuff go sometimes.”
Food“Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing.”
Sports“It's more fun to experience things when you don't know what's going to happen.”
Experience“America's a family. We all yell at each other. It all works out.”
Family“If you're a woman and a guy's ever said anything romantic to you, he just left off the second part that would have made you sick if you could have heard it.”
Romantic“It's kind of awkward to eat alone in a restaurant because everybody's looking at me.”
Alone“When I was first divorced, I started dating younger women, and it was really exciting. But after a while I was like, 'This is just dumb.'”
Dating“A lot of the struggle I had with movies is I really loved moments and tones and feelings in a scene, and I loved creating those, but I never really had great stories to string them together.”
Movies“I think you have to try and fail, because failure gets you closer to what you're good at.”
Failure“I never viewed money as being 'my money' I always saw it as 'the money.' It's a resource. If it pools up around me then it needs to be flushed back out into the system.”
Money“I don't like comedy. I like funny things. I don't like comedy. Like, comedy movies are just, 'Oh Jesus.'”
Funny“I've met a lot of people who've lost their jobs and they still have a sense of humor.”
Humor“For my scale, how I grew up and live my life, I'm making plenty of money.”
Money“Talking is always positive. That's why I talk too much.”
Positive“There's no real preparing at home for stand-up. You just go and you just do it.”
Home“I grew up watching all these crazy movies, European movies and stuff, and I guess that I always laughed at things that were a little more offbeat.”
Movies“When I take my kids out for dinner or lunch, people smile at us.”
Smile