Professionals don't get writer's block. I can always come up with the punch line. — Mort Walker Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't think of my work as being all that funny, but I think it's hilarious! — Fred Tomaselli Copy Share Image
We should tackle reality in a slightly jokey way, otherwise we miss its point. — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
I hadn't really done a comedy other than The Ape since Freaks and Geeks. — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
It's kind of hard coming from 'Saturday Night Live,' which is a sketch-driven show, to a movie. — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing at you. — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
Human comedy is more profound than tragedy. In tragedy we die and it is very sad. In comedy we avoid death, and… — Jennifer Stone Copy Share Image
Perhaps I've been perceived more as a romantic comedy actor, but overall, I enjoy acting in any shape or form. — Jaime Camil Copy Share Image
What kind of life are you leading where you consider ketchup fancy? "Well, we ain't rich folk, but on special occasions, I'll… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
The thing with film is that it's so wide-reaching compared to comedy. When I release my comedy special, half a million people… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I don't see much point in doing things for a pure joke. Every now and then you need a joke, but not… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
Horrifying as it was to crack up in the public eye, it made me look at myself and fix it. People were… — Margot Kidder Copy Share Image
Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright… — Allen Klein Copy Share Image
I thank my dad for giving me a good exposure to comedy since childhood. He was a librarian and I would read… — Priyadarshan Copy Share Image
In the end, perhaps we should simply imagine a joke; a long joke that's continually retold in an accent too thick and… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Opening your cabinet, seeing there's no snacks! Opening Refrigerator nothing there either Then right after that, you go back to the cabinet… — Hugo Campos Copy Share Image
"Black culture" is ready for whatever. I sense some momentum and excitement around black artists (especially in comedy, which is where most… — Baratunde Thurston Copy Share Image
“Seamlessly?” Stella’s laugh escaped her mouth and it was bitter and hard. “That may be an appropriate statement, because in order to… — R.L. Griffin Copy Share Image
The stuff that's going on is just so over-the-top, with the banking crisis and destroying the Gulf of Mexico, and the outrage… — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
In my stand-up, I've always been loose. If there's a curtain onstage, I'll use that in my act. If there's a door,… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all… — Malcolm De Chazal Copy Share Image
“It is naturally a sign of inner liberation when a patient can squarely recognize his difficulties and take them with a grain… — Karen Horney Copy Share Image
