[Using humor to explore serious issues] disarms people…

I like telling stories with a sense of humor. But humor can also distance you from the subject you're writing about. I'm interested in…

— Jens Lekman

Using humor as a wedge into different kinds of stories is my go-to. I think anything I do would have some sort of streak…

— Nahnatchka Khan

For me, it's important to elevate the hypocrisy with humor. Then you really are using the humor to elevate the problem, saying this is…

— Lizz Winstead

I've always liked using humor, but what I had to with 'Chewing Gum' was take out a lot of darkness so it would be…

— Michaela Coel

Whenever you're talking about using humor in politics or in a policy speech or in a serious moment, you're talking about using it as…

— Jon Lovett

In high school, you re either a bully, a jock or a nerd, and I somehow tried to jump between camps by using humor.…

— David Hewlett

We kind of have a cranky side of ourselves, so when people get upset about what we're doing, we kind of feel that we're…

— Ron Mael

Even talking about serious issues - it's hard to fit in anything around calling a baseball game.

— Joe Buck

When the public starts classifying you as thoughtful, someone given to serious issues, you find yourself declassified as a humorist.

— Johnny Carson

I think, in my own state, I can tell you that people do want to hear a serious discussion on serious issues.

— Bernie Sanders

I was having serious issues with becoming a diabetic.

— Randy Jackson

Rising oil prices have focused the world's attention on the depletion of oil reserves. But the depletion of underground water resources from overpumping is…

— Lester R. Brown

Thanks to the European Union, Ireland has a much more open climate of discussion and debate, as you can see in the media. It…

— Mary Robinson

There have been people.. ever since I've had any kind of position in the world.. who have accused me of being ruler of the…

— David Rockefeller

Most young people now are very vulnerable as to what the American film aficionados are going to say. They care too much about a…

— Haile Gerima