Different Quote by Abbas Kiarostami

Sometimes a joke that doesn't work just needs a breath or a little word or the tiniest little change to be fixed.

— Sarah Silverman

People confuse the subject of the joke with the target of the joke, and they're very rarely the same.

— Ricky Gervais

People can write jokes five minutes after a major world event happens, and have hundreds of thousands of people read them within 10 minutes.…

— Nick Thune

Every time I tell a joke it's different somehow.

— Josh Blue

To know how to structure the joke perfectly so that the narrative information is given in the right tempo, in just the right dose…

— David Salle

Once you see the effect on the other person, your joke is no longer funny.

— Meg

Great use they have, when in the hands Of one like me, who understands, Who understands the time and place, The person, manner, and…

— Charles Churchill

Sometimes it's hard to tell if a joke is working or not for the first couple of minutes.

— Dave Attell

It's interesting to have the awkward moments play out, and the real human interactions. The more you cut that down, you lose the joke,…

— Nicholas Stoller

What people who don't write don't understand is that they think you make up the line consciously — but you don't. It proceeds from…

— Woody Allen

Not all times jokes intended to make you laugh. Sometimes they intended to make you think.

— Anonymous

When you people have a set up joke and the joke is set up straight and the words are just well written, I always…

— Will Gluck