“Gleefully wacky and irreverent.”

–The New York Times

“Line by line, Mr. Rudnick may be the funniest writer for the stage in the United States today.”

–The New York Times

“Deeply funny musings and adventures elevate Paul Rudnick to the highest level of American comedy writing.”

–Steve Martin

“One of the funniest quip-meisters on the planet.”

–The New York Times

“Paul Rudnick is a champion of truth (and love and great wicked humor) whom we ignore at our peril.”

–David Sedaris

“Quips fall with the regularity of the autumn leaves.”

–Associated Press

December 7, 2013

Daily Affirmations For People With Too Much Confidence

There’s no way you’re 5’10”.

When your mother said that you were the prettiest girl on the planet, she was talking about Pluto.

Even Ivy League admissions committees sometimes make mistakes – in your favor.

You’re too old to be using a skateboard, except to move a houseplant to a sunnier location.

Just because you’re physically capable of doing something doesn’t mean that you should do it; this applies to growing sideburns, having children and writing an uproarious account of your dating woes.

Yes, everyone is staring at you. Because they’re appalled.

Sometimes, when a woman is intelligent and ambitious, people will call her a bitch. And sometimes she’s a bitch.

Getting a tattoo of a tiger, a shark or a lion doesn’t mean that you possess a certain ruthless courage. It means that you’ve become a childrens book.

You’re too old to be wearing deliberately distressed and ripped jeans. You look like you took a bad fall, in assisted living.

Sometimes, when a man wears a little porkpie hat and too many bracelets and skinny jeans, people will call him a dick. People will be right.

Watching an Iranian movie doesn’t make you a better person. It just makes you happier that you don’t live in Iran.

Posting a selfie is just a way of trying to counteract what you really look like.

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