Martin Mull

“The baby boomers are the most spoiled, most self-centered, most narcissistic generation the country's ever produced.”

“Ohio is a scale model of the entire country.”

“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.”

“I'm not a comedian. I'm a humorist.”

“I always wanted to be a painter. I was a painter.”

“I think the satirist is always in danger of becoming a sanctimonious crone.”

“The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.”

“I'm a great believer in chaos. I don't believe that you can control life.”

“I think that any time you're able to get a paycheck for something you love, you're in a good place.”

“I don't think you can be a good actor without a good sense of humor.”

“Writing is the only thing I've ever done that is not an act of memory.”

“I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to overcome.”

“A great painting is a fact, not an opinion.”

“An artist's job is to see what is, not what should be.”

“I've always been drawn to the absurd. That's my comfort zone.”