Susan Morrison > Quotes

“There was an important matter of terminology, too: Saturday Night would feature “sketches,” not “skits.” Skits are one-joke bits done in grade school or by guys at the Rotary Club. A sketch is more complex; it’s a vignette, with a beginning, middle, and end. Michaels also declaimed his views about realism in comedy. He explained that realistic sets and costumes, unlike silly, over-the-top ones, don’t compete with the writing.”
― Susan Morrison, Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

“William F. Buckley. (Buckley responded to the invitation, “Not only do I refuse to appear, I resent having been asked.”
― Susan Morrison, Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

“Bears are gnawing on the carpets. Bones are tumbling into tarpits. Nolde’s gone and so is Arp. It’s Later than you think. —From “The Bears,” a poem by Michael O’Donoghue, in a volume inscribed to Michaels”
― Susan Morrison, Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

“If you’re always afraid that life can devolve into chaos without warning, you become vigilant about order.”
― Susan Morrison, Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

“It’s not worth it to blow yourself up for principle in a community that will sell you out.”
― Susan Morrison, Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

“The Graduate came out that year, and it knocked Lorne’s comedy aspirations right out of his head.”
― Susan Morrison, Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

“We don’t go on because we’re ready”
― Susan Morrison, Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

“There’s an old quote from Mr. Bulova: ‘If it’s ticking, don’t open the back,’ ”
― Susan Morrison, Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

“we go on because it’s eleven-thirty.”
― Susan Morrison, Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live