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"The problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican."

Trey Parker, American Artist

Punk, Republican

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"The problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican."

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"It's funny because I think a lot of it is simply... We've never considered ourselves satirists, but because we're on Comedy Central and because we're South Park on Comedy Central, we can do any topic we want."

"We have it, we're lucky enough that we've created a show where it's not about... a family, or a kid, it's about a town."

"Me and Matt love to argue, but in general our sense of humor is pretty much alike."

"We find just as many things to rip on the left as we do on the right. People on the far-left and the far-right are the same exact person to us."

"If we have a great idea, we'll go, 'Oh, this could be a cool movie.' Or really for us, it's more like, 'Oh, this is a really bad idea. Let's do this. This seems really stupid.'"

"It's not like we have a formula, but I think one of the reasons this show has survived is that it has a big heart at its center. Other cartoon shows have people crap on each other and make racist jokes. But I don't think people tune in for that. I just don't think a show lasts for 10 years without a heart."

"Jerry Bruckheimer creates comedy, he just doesn't realize because he's a turd."

"Hollywood views regular people as children, and they think they're the smart ones who need to tell the idiots out there how to be."

"I spend shockingly little time thinking about real-world stuff."

"No, writing musicals is the hardest thing in the world. And it was really funny, because I remember when the South Park movie came out, there were some critics that said, 'Well it's obvious that in order to get it to be 90 minutes they filled some time with music.'"

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