When we graduated [ from Cambridge], we were grabbed right…

I came to Hollywood originally writing comedy and writing satire.

— Stephen Gaghan

I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act when we're…

— Pearl Cleage

“Just look at the fellow, standing there like a bloody Greek god. Do you think she chose him because of his intellect?” “I graduated…

— Lisa Kleypas

“I beg your pardon?” Catherine interrupted. “Are you implying that women have poor judgment?” “In these matters, yes.” Leo gestured to Christopher. “Just look…

— Lisa Kleypas

Monty Python paid me £20,000 to write, direct and assemble them - the cheapskates! I told them I'd never earned less in a year…

— Eric Idle

My first professional job was appearing in a disastrous theatre production of Oh, What a Lovely War in Leicester Rep, shortly after leaving Cambridge.

— Eric Idle

At Cambridge, you have to kiss the vice-chancellor's fingers. But I missed out on that, 'cause I was doing a matinee. I don't want…

— Eric Idle

My education was paid for by the RAF Benevolent Fund, so a charity school, run like an orphanage, with uniforms and beatings. It was…

— Eric Idle

Having little money to spend was a valuable learning experience. My schooling also shaped my work ethic because while other children were listening to…

— Eric Idle

I got locked into a tradition [at Cambridge] of doing comedy.

— Eric Idle

All writers have a love-hate relationship with writing. Performing is fun, too, but I wouldn't say it's my favorite. But the most fulfilling is…

— Larry Wilmore

I'm more interested in writing than in performing.

— Frank McCourt

My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.

— Stephen Fry

If I look back at the songs I was writing when I was effectively a child, there's a big contrast, so I've learnt a…

— Marika Hackman

I had been writing and performing stand-up comedy pretty much the entire time I worked at Google.

— Sarah Cooper