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Science & Tech Quote by Kathy Griffin

"I hate it; it is tedious... When I write for my act, it is very improvisational; I write bullet points; I cannot sit in front of a computer; that is not my style"

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There is a small act of rebellion in Griffin calling the computer "tedious". For a comedian who built a brand on speed, gossip, and the sense that anything could detonate in the room, the screen represents the wrong kind of control: tidy, solitary, optimized. Her complaint isn't laziness; it's a defense of a craft that depends on friction. Stand-up is less literature than live R and D, and Griffin is staking her claim on the lab side of the business, not the library.

The line about bullet points is the tell. She's describing a method that privileges momentum and responsiveness over polish, a way of leaving gaps on purpose so the audience can help write the final version. Improvisation here is not chaos; it's strategy. It allows her to chase the freshest headline, adjust to the night's energy, and keep her voice sounding like a person talking rather than a product delivered.

There's also a quiet professional flex in "that is not my style". It's a reminder that comedy has multiple legitimate workflows, even as the industry increasingly fetishizes the writer's room, the notes app, the perfectly honed Netflix hour. Griffin's persona has always been built on immediacy and risk, and this quote frames her process as an extension of that ethos: if the material feels alive, it's because it was made in contact with real people, not trapped behind a cursor.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Griffin, Kathy. (2026, February 16). I hate it; it is tedious... When I write for my act, it is very improvisational; I write bullet points; I cannot sit in front of a computer; that is not my style. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-hate-it-it-is-tedious-when-i-write-for-my-act-118692/

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Griffin, Kathy. "I hate it; it is tedious... When I write for my act, it is very improvisational; I write bullet points; I cannot sit in front of a computer; that is not my style." FixQuotes. February 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-hate-it-it-is-tedious-when-i-write-for-my-act-118692/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I hate it; it is tedious... When I write for my act, it is very improvisational; I write bullet points; I cannot sit in front of a computer; that is not my style." FixQuotes, 16 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-hate-it-it-is-tedious-when-i-write-for-my-act-118692/. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.

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Kathy Griffin (born November 4, 1961) is a Comedian from USA.

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