I have a rule - 'funny is funny!' When I write comedy…

I'm getting older, so how people face grave circumstances is of interest to me. And you meet a lot of people who are very…

— Judd Apatow

No one wants to read a story where I saw a cute puppy on the street and I petted it. I mean, that's not…

— Tucker Max

I spent 11 years at 'The Daily Show,' and I learned everything there about how to write funny, how to write funny on topic.

— David Javerbaum

If I was at school and one of my friends said something funny, I'd write it down in a notebook and take it to…

— Daniel Kaluuya

To my friends and people I care about, I'm a really nice guy. No one wants to read a story where I saw a…

— Tucker Max

I write what I think is funny and I write from a sense of popping a balloon or a sense of injustice, whether it's…

— Denis Leary

I am edgy, raw, offensive, vulgar, untruthful, but intelligent. My jokes are always realistic. I do not make fun of children or people who…

— Vir Das

First and foremost, I just want to write comedy.

— Peter Baynham

I know this is going to sound very self-serving, and I apologize for it, but if you can write comedy, you can pretty much…

— Steven Moffat

I've always tended to write comedy, but I'd hate to just write some kind of sitcom or a lighthearted series of jokes and slapstick.…

— David Thewlis

Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.

— Michael Caine

It always seems to someone outside the business that it is very difficult to write for a comedy show because it must be done…

— Robert Orben

I can only develop a stand-up show by being on stage. I can't write it. Whenever I see comedy written down, it very rarely…

— John Bishop

I think I write my comedy to - a lot of it is to make my parents laugh. I want them to be proud…

— Nate Bargatze

It's hard to write a comedy sketch.

— Kate McKinnon