Lorne Michaels Quotes & Sayings

“People go to the zoo and they like the lion because it's scary. And the bear because it's intense, but the monkey makes people laugh.”

“To me there's no creativity without boundaries. If you're gonna write a sonnet, it's 14 lines, so it's solving the problem within the container.”

“One of the nice things about being busy is it makes you focus on what's important to you and how you use your time.”

“Sometimes the wheel turns slowly, but it turns.”

“Could I get a friggin' Hot Pocket around here?”

“I think that Canadians have an incredible reverence for authority and regard for authority, and I think one of the healthy ways that it's challenged is through questioning it, through the polite hostility of comedy.”

“It's better when they laugh, isn't it?”

“Yeah, I love Los Angeles.”

“You can tell a lot from someone's eyes.”