American Scream Quotes

“I say unto thee my mission was no less holy, my intent no less pure. A changing moment in my life came the day I first laughed. That was when life took a new form and my sad visions were cleansed by humor and from that day on I paid homage to comedy. From that day on I studied with the zeal of monks lost in religious rapture, the works of the comedy masters. For I loved comedy and I loved those who loved it. I loved those who gave their lives to find the perfect laugh, the real laugh, the gut laugh, the healing laugh. For love, I killed those comedians.”
― Cynthia True, American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story

“The artist always plays to himself and I believe the audience seeing that one person can be free to express his thoughts, however strange they may seem, inspires the audience to feel that perhaps they too can freely express their innermost thoughts with impunity, joy, and release, and perhaps discover our common bond – unique yet so similar – with each other.”
― Cynthia True, American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story

“To me, real humor is very serious. Mark Twain’s humor in Huckleberry Finn is funny, but it’s about very serious things. It’s a deeper, richer laugh for me.”
― Cynthia True, American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story

“Man [as Bill often said] is a virus in shoes.”
― Cynthia True, American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story