6 Quotes by David Cross about writing

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    Back when the Bible was written, then edited, then rewritten, then rewritten, then re-edited, then translated from dead languages, then re-translated, then edited, then rewritten, then given to kings for them to take their favorite parts, then rewritten, then re-rewritten, then translated again, then given to the pope for him to approve, then rewritten, then edited again, the re-re-re-re-rewritten again...all based on stories that were told orally 30 to 90 years AFTER they happened.. to people who didnt know how to write... so...

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    I'm directing the Sky show. I'm not going to be in it. I'm just writing and directing it. So that'll satisfy that part of my brain.

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    There are really funny alternative comics and really funny straight comics who write and perform traditionally.

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    I've never written jokes. I mean, I'll write things on a piece of paper and riff on them onstage.

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    And it's one more shitty thing to write about somebody, in between getting really, really, really upset at female Ghostbusters and Gamergate, and the things that really matter.

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    I'll think of the idea and then I'll write something down, then within that there will be a joke or two which is the original thing which I thought was funny.

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