155 Quotes by Michael Ian Black

I am a poker player, but I am not a good poker player. My favorite game is seven card stud, but I'll play hi/lo, Hold 'em, Razz, etc.

Separation is the worst. There's no good way to deal with it, other than to get on the phone and do Skype and try to visit.

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.

Everybody has something they love to do. Do that thing.

I am not a music snob. If anything, my musical taste is bad by any critical standards.

I don't watch that much comedy. I think it's professional jealousy. That and a lack of support for my community.

I feel like my career has been a series of glowing obituaries.

Well, I think my stand-up is often kind of visual. Not like Carrot Top visual, but visual.

My tastes in all things lean towards the arty and boring. I like sports documentaries about Scrabble players, bands that play quiet, unassuming music, and TV shows that win awards. In that way, I am an elitist snob. And proud of it.