“I'll do a joke on purpose that really doesn't work just to show that t...” — Deon Cole Quote

“I'll do a joke on purpose that really doesn't work just to show that that's funny.”

“I moved into this low-income building in Chicago because all my friends lived there or the next building over rent-free. I had no rent to pay, no utilities, so I would save my money from standup. And then I started selling these jerseys I got from a hookup in Korea. I would pay like $10 and sell them for $300. I had money on top of money.”

“If I do a joke on stage and I feel like the energies a little off, I'll put my pride aside and ask someone who I feel is greater than me in order to just get insight.”

“I tell stories. Because I believe you can do things that joke tellers can't do, and that is, bring your audience along.”

“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.”

“My biggest superhero of writing is Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentine fabulist. He's an amazingly perceptive writer, but also willing to make a joke.”