Paul Rudnick Quotes

Paul M. Rudnick is an American playwright, novelist, screenwriter and essayist. His plays have been produced both on and off Broadway and around the world, and Ben Brantley, when reviewing Rudnick's The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told in The New York Times, wrote that, "Line by line, Mr. Rudnick may be the funniest writer for the stage in the United States today." Wikipedia

✵ 29. December 1957

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Famous Paul Rudnick Quotes

“There was a cable-TV program that documented how Peeps are made, and it showed unlimited hordes of Peeps bouncing merrily down a conveyor belt, right toward the camera. I came.”

Paul Rudnick book I Shudder

Source: I Shudder (2009), p. 106

“And so I continue in borderline poverty, save for my one indulgence, no, my single absolute necessity: I take cabs. Yes, on occasion, when I wish to see what people with unpleasant skin conditions are wearing, I do take the subway. I have never, I am proud to say, taken the bus, because people who take the bus have given up.”

Paul Rudnick book I Shudder

Source: I Shudder (2009), p. 188

“Wednesday (as Pocahontas): You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now, my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations; your people will wear cardigans and drink highballs. We will sell our bracelets by the roadside; you will play golf and enjoy hot hors d'oeuvres. My people will have pain and degradation; your people will have stick-shifts. The gods of my tribe have spoken. They have said, "Do not trust the Pilgrims, especially Sarah Miller."
Becky (as Sarah Miller): Gary, she's changing the words!
Wednesday (as Pocahontas): And for all these reasons, I have decided to scalp you and burn your village to the ground.”

Paul Rudnick

See also
Addams Family Values (1993)

“Whenever I stumble over my own feet, or blurt out a thought that makes no sense at all, or leave the house wearing one pattern too many, I always think, It's okay, I'm from New Jersey. I love New Jersey, because it's not just an all-purpose punch line, but probably a handy legal defense, as in, “Yes, I shot my wife because I thought she was Bigfoot, but I'm from New Jersey.””

Paul Rudnick book I Shudder

Source: I Shudder (2009), p. 211

“1. If I should remain in a persistent vegetative state for more than fifteen years, I would like someone to turn off the TV.”

Paul Rudnick

"My Living Will," http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/04/25/my-living-will The New Yorker (25 April 2005)

“I believe in a benevolent God not because He created the Grand Canyon or Michelangelo, but because He gave us snacks.”

Paul Rudnick book I Shudder

Source: I Shudder (2009), p. 51

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