Al Franken

“I'm crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.”

“Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.”

“I've spent my entire career being a satirist.”

“Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn't been a satirist or a political satirist who's done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign. But I think it's a go...”

“Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.”

“There's an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we're morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that's a bit dangerous.”

“Sometimes if I tell people, 'I'm afraid that I'm really a fraud,' or 'I have a lot of self-doubt,' they go, 'Oh, no, you're kidding.' I go, 'No, I'm really honest.'”

“Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee - a tradition I'd like very much to continue.”

“Google's screen for privacy settings does give you more options for what you share than Apple's does. But it's not a complete list, and people aren't aware of whether or not that information...”

“It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.”

“I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.”

“It's the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.”

“No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.”

“My parents didn't make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate - he didn't have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.”