“Most of life, in Larry’s view, was in fact mundane and annoying, like losing your car in the parking lot or having to talk to old friends with whom you no longer have anything in common. Larry wanted to find the funny in those situations.” – pg 32
“I think that what goes on in people’s lives is that most of their mind, most of the day, is occupied with tiny struggles. That’s what people’s lives are about.” – Larry David, pg. 35
“There are just some people who literally have funny lives and things happen to them that sound like stories.” – Jerry Seinfeld, pg. 35
“I feel I am completely devoid of experiences. Other people, they travel, they do things, they have a life. My experiences are so minor. I go for acupuncture or I see something strange on the subway.” – Larry David, pg. 36
“He was afraid that he wouldn’t be funny anymore if he was happy.” – Laurie Lennard, pg. 38
“I’m not allowed to complain anymore about anything. And I feel very restricted by that. I mean, I’m a guy who’s complained his whole life, and all of a sudden I can’t say a word.” Larry David, pg. 42
“Having money did nothing to satisfy his need to work and to be funny.” – pg. 42
“You needn’t love yourself to be a narcissist; you can be just as transfixed by self-loathing.” – Esquire, pg. 67
“Positive is not funny. Nobody laughs at positive. […] But there’s funny in the negative. When you speak in negative terms, the more negative it is, the funnier it is.” – Larry David, pg. 83
“Celebrities are as trivial as us, they just get to express it more.” – pg. 134
“A life-changing experience isn’t, as it turns out, exactly the same as a personality-changing experience.” – pg. 226
“Larry David has said that he needs a great idea or premise to write a great episode.” – pg. 251
“You have to be away from something to really appreciate it.” – pg. 282
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