--- title: "6 Book Funny Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Book Funny quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Book Funny sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/j-d-salinger-2-3505_best_what-i-like-best-is-a-book-that-s-at-lea_790328.jpg" --- > [What I like best is a book that's at least funny once in a while. What really knocks me out is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/what-i-like-best-is-a-book-that-s-at-least-funny-once-in-a-while-what/) [J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/j-d-salinger-2-3505_best_what-i-like-best-is-a-book-that-s-at-lea_790328.jpg) > [I read one of the funniest books last week by Don DeLillo. He wrote this book, 'Amazons' many years ago, under the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ardal-o-hanlon/i-read-one-of-the-funniest-books-last-week-by-don-delillo-he-wrote/) [Ardal O'Hanlon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ardal-o-hanlon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eab/ardal-o-hanlon-8746_book_i-read-one-of-the-funniest-books-last-we_1103892.jpg) > [It's much easier to write a solemn book than a funny book. It's harder to make people laugh than it is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/it-s-much-easier-to-write-a-solemn-book-than-a-funny-book-it-s-harder/) [Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/fran-lebowitz-690_book_it-s-much-easier-to-write-a-solemn-book_1325119.jpg) > [I never really considered 'Quantum & Woody' a comedic book or a funny book. I never thought of it as a satire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-priest/i-never-really-considered-quantum-woody-a-comedic-book-or-a-funny/) [Christopher Priest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-priest/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/christopher-priest-10472_book_i-never-really-considered-quantum-woody_1754069.jpg) > [Don DeLillo's 'White Noise,' which I read when I was 19. It showed me that a book can be funny as hell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-barry/don-delillo-s-white-noise-which-i-read-when-i-was-19-it-showed-me/) [Kevin Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad7/kevin-barry-15036_book_don-delillo-s-white-noise-which-i-read-w_2018347.png) > [And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/and-i-think-that-being-able-to-make-people-laugh-and-write-a-book/) [Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/al-franken-1407_able_and-i-think-that-being-able-to-make-peop_2316338.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-funny/#itemlist", "name": "Book Funny Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I like best is a book that's at least funny once in a while. 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