Topical Quotes

Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical.

It is in the nature of the New Yorker to be as topical as possible, on a level that is often small in scale and playful in intention.

I’m a student of the movies. I’m a student of all media. This is what I do, and I like to immerse myself in what’s current and what’s topical. And I find that I’m drawn to those things.

I’m a student of the movies. I’m a student of all media. This is what I do, and I like to immerse myself in what’s current and what’s topical. And I find that I’m drawn to those things.

I think cinema is a reflection of the society and whatever is being shown is because of the climate we’re living in. It is relevant, topical, and surely somewhere it’s impacting people who can relate to these circumstances.

Anytime you open your mouth there’s going to be someone who’s put off. I try to deal with that by keeping the topical portions of my show brief. I realize that some people wish my comments were briefer.

As far as what makes a viral video, then it’s gotta be something that you’ve either never seen before, a fresh piece of comedy, or something that relates to something topical.

I’m a creature of adaptation. I take advantage of the second and the moment. My comedy breathes; it’s not really that predictable. I do have a linear style, but other than that, there’s a lot of abstract. I just go off on what I’m thinking. I’m not that topical. I like to talk about me and my experiences.

Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical.

I grew up listening to topical music – songs that were about things. So when I write songs, a lot of the time, they’re about the things weighing on my heart that I want people to think about.

There are conspiracy theorists who think I was crafted in a boardroom. Because I’m so very relatable and so very topical and so very Tumblr.

I never set out to write a script that is ‘topical.’

I’m a creature of adaptation. I take advantage of the second and the moment. My comedy breathes; it’s not really that predictable. I do have a linear style, but other than that, there’s a lot of abstract. I just go off on what I’m thinking. I’m not that topical. I like to talk about me and my experiences.

I’m dirty, I’m irreverent – but I’m still a very topical comedian.

I shoot for ‘Extra’ three times a week, and that’s great for Las Vegas, too. In addition to interviewing stars who are here for shows, parties and premieres, I’ll also get peoples’ reactions to different news items and topical gossip.

I did a couple of sketch shows with Mike Palin and Terry Jones… and then I got hired by Granada to do a weekly topical show.

Anytime you open your mouth there’s going to be someone who’s put off. I try to deal with that by keeping the topical portions of my show brief. I realize that some people wish my comments were briefer.

There’s a theory with comedy that you shouldn’t do anything that’s too topical in your specials because people won’t be able to watch them in five years. But I look at Trump in the same way I look at Mr. T. I can watch comedy jokes about Mr. T in the ’80s and still understand what they’re talking about.

I don’t really see why some of those topical lines have to be crossed to get a point across. I want a mother and daughter, a teenage girl and her mom, to be able to come to the show and both enjoy it on the same level.

There is no question I consider myself a feminist, but I also think the term ‘feminist’ has become a topical thing to say without backing it up with any real action.

Of course, sometimes when you write personally, you are also writing about society, obliquely reflecting topical issues, but not in a way that people would expect you to or in the way that someone trying to make a point would.

History is a sly boots, and for a generation of blacks that cannot identify with the frustrations of Jim Crow, and for whites who cannot understand the hard deal that faces working-class blacks, it is difficult to reconcile Hughes’s reputation as a poet-hero with his topical verse and uncomplicated prose.

Publishers have realized that, unlike the previous time period, American teenagers are both smarter and require more topical material than they had been giving them before that. For one thing, they’ll read thicker books. Besides, has anybody looked at the news or read the newspapers recently?

I shoot for ‘Extra’ three times a week, and that’s great for Las Vegas, too. In addition to interviewing stars who are here for shows, parties and premieres, I’ll also get peoples’ reactions to different news items and topical gossip.

An article can be timely, topical, engaged in the issues and personalities of the moment; it is likely to be stale within the month. In five years, it may have acquired the quaint aura of a rotary phone. An article is usually Siamese-twinned to its date of birth.

I don’t really see why some of those topical lines have to be crossed to get a point across. I want a mother and daughter, a teenage girl and her mom, to be able to come to the show and both enjoy it on the same level.

The fantastic thing about ‘Jasper Jones’ is that although it’s set in 1969, the themes are still so topical. We’re still struggling with racism and sexism and domestic violence and abuse.

I feel that I belong to the 19th century. Some composers’ music is very topical. It almost says, ‘This is about what I read in newspapers yesterday.’ Not mine.

In this business, it’s important: if you consider yourself a journeyman actor like I do, you need to stay topical. So I’m always looking for projects that are challenging, that put me in a light that’s different from anything I’ve ever done before.

The one thing I do believe is, if you make the songs about the human aspects of things, you’ve got a much better chance of having the music transcend the times. If you make them very political and very topical, it’s going to date very quickly.

I never set out to write a script that is ‘topical.’

In a more intellectually rigorous age, I wouldn’t be talked about as a satirist at all. I would just be a topical comedian.

The media doesn’t really help you. Today, they are talking about me. Tomorrow, they will talk about someone else. There is always something or somebody who is topical.

That’s a nice thing about being a topical standup: you can add in things to keep it fresh.

I grew up listening to topical music – songs that were about things. So when I write songs, a lot of the time, they’re about the things weighing on my heart that I want people to think about.

The comics that are just conversing with you up there and drawing on their own life, yeah, I guess so. I guess some do political humor, some do topical humor, but the ones that I like, the ones that are appealing to me, were guys who were just talking to you about their life.

An article can be timely, topical, engaged in the issues and personalities of the moment; it is likely to be stale within the month. In five years, it may have acquired the quaint aura of a rotary phone. An article is usually Siamese-twinned to its date of birth.

I love the old Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly movies; they’re so beautiful to look at. It’s such a shame we don’t make them anymore. Although, I don’t know how you could make tap dancing current and topical.

Facebook is about seeing what your friend is doing. Twitter, you follow different people. Flipboard is about passions and interests and topics, and so it’s the same social web that all of these products are letting you look at, but Flipboard is coming at it from a more topical point of view.

Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody’s minds.

I wanted to develop a hypnosis show that no-one had ever seen before, so I made it very topical and interesting. I’ve created a UFC fight night every night on stage, where I hypnotise twenty people into thinking they’re mad, crazed UFC fans, and the energy is unbelievable.

That’s the trouble with playing a cutting-edge narcotics detective – you’ve got to wear what’s topical at the moment. My kids tease me about outfits I was wearing last week, let alone in the eighties.

In this business, it’s important: if you consider yourself a journeyman actor like I do, you need to stay topical. So I’m always looking for projects that are challenging, that put me in a light that’s different from anything I’ve ever done before.

The one thing I do believe is, if you make the songs about the human aspects of things, you’ve got a much better chance of having the music transcend the times. If you make them very political and very topical, it’s going to date very quickly.

I think, with any topical show, it’s very easy to find yourself caught up in the news cycle, and working at ‘The Daily Show,’ I definitely found myself in that, where we would be talking about the last 24 hours.

Publishers have realized that, unlike the previous time period, American teenagers are both smarter and require more topical material than they had been giving them before that. For one thing, they’ll read thicker books. Besides, has anybody looked at the news or read the newspapers recently?

I wanted to develop a hypnosis show that no-one had ever seen before, so I made it very topical and interesting. I’ve created a UFC fight night every night on stage, where I hypnotise twenty people into thinking they’re mad, crazed UFC fans, and the energy is unbelievable.

There is no question I consider myself a feminist, but I also think the term ‘feminist’ has become a topical thing to say without backing it up with any real action.

I think, with any topical show, it’s very easy to find yourself caught up in the news cycle, and working at ‘The Daily Show,’ I definitely found myself in that, where we would be talking about the last 24 hours.

I don’t write political stuff. I’m sure I’ve made attempts, but I don’t tend to write very topical things, either. I admire those people who do because it’s a talent I don’t have.