With comedy especially, it feels like such a clear-cut thing to be a writer-director. There is so much nuance and tone in… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable. — James Thurber Copy Share Image
So long as I am acting from duty and conviction, I am indifferent to taunts and jeers. I think they will probably… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That kind of language is what makes us laugh. Like, "Well, just eFax that to me, and I'll take a look at… — Tim Heidecker Copy Share Image
Comedians kind of write what comes to them. You can give yourself little assignments, but it's what inspires you. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
The thing about my comedy is that I'm so comfortable with my disability that you don't have a right to be uncomfortable. — Josh Blue Copy Share Image
I wasn't planning on being a comedian; I just liked to laugh. Somebody said I should do it and that's how I… — Jamie Kennedy Copy Share Image
Laughter... is like a hurricane: once it reaches a certain point, it becomes self-feeding, self-supporting. You laugh not because the jokes are… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I loved Monty Python for the wordplay--this sense that you didn’t have to squash your intelligence to be funny. In fact, you… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“On the other side of St John’s house is a fake egg timer who can’t maintain an erection. He shares the property… — St. John Morris Copy Share Image
The trouble with a series as it gets older is it can feel like a tradition, and tradition is the enemy of… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
Comedy keeps the heart sweet; but we all know that there is wholesome refreshment for both mind and heart in an occasional… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Literally, our show is friendship on display. It's not a written comedy show. It's not a reality show. It's just four friends… — Joe Gatto Copy Share Image
Ninety-nine percent is in the delivery. If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound… — Buddy Hackett Copy Share Image
With stand-up you meet almost constant rejection. You put yourself out there with your thoughts and your ideas, and you think they're… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
I'm not funny. People assume that because my books are funny, I'll be funny in real life. It's the inevitable disappointment of… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
I'm somebody who believes in funny things, and laughing, but I do like for them to come from a place that addresses… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
I'm almost always trying to be funny, even when I'm on my own. I think it's the desire to channel my anger… — Jon Richardson Copy Share Image
I find that when I tell lawyer jokes to a mixed audience, the lawyers don't think they're funny and the non-lawyers don't… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
The kind of über-objective is to make people laugh. You always have to have that in the back of your mind, "Eh,… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie… — Sophie Marceau Copy Share Image
A wonderful story collection set between one place and another and shaped by a fearless sense of comedy. — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
“Because friendship is about laughing when the other person is joking to make you feel better. Even if you don’t find her… — Padma Venkatraman Copy Share Image
Alas, Siddhartha, I see you suffering, but you're suffering a pain at which one would like to laugh, at which you'll soon… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Hurried and worried until we're buried, and there's no curtain call, Lifes a very funny proposition after all. — George M. Cohan Copy Share Image
They Say Laughter Is The Best Medicine, But If You're Laughing For No Particular Reason, You Need Medicine... — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
The best thing about being a comedian is that, unlike the other jobs I've had, none of the bad things seem to… — Jon Richardson Copy Share Image
Laughing, if loud, ends with a deep sigh; and all pleasures have a sting in the tail, though they carry beauty in… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
The thing with stand-up is, I really enjoyed it, but I kind of loathed it as well. It makes me feel physically… — Peter Serafinowicz Copy Share Image
Comedy's about opening up and being unique, but to a point where the audience can relate to what you're saying. — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
My comedy notebooks are filled with random journal entries. It's all the same. I can look back on old joke notebooks, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If the front-page news is a comedian doing a joke that people think is naughty, that proves there's no real news that… — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
“When things are at their worst, Scarlett, the only thing to do is find something to laugh about. It keeps you sane…… — Alexandra Ripley Copy Share Image
I'm a touring standup comedian so a lot of the time I'm looking for box sets that I can put on my… — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
To be famous in comedy is unbearably difficult. But I don't care what people know me for as long as they know… — Andrew Santino Copy Share Image
Comedy is a necessity to get through life with the fewest scars. Humor is the best antidote to help relieve all struggles. — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to work for, like, "Assume your audience is cleverer than you," rather than the other way around. — Phoebe Waller-Bridge Copy Share Image
No one knows Anne's better side, and that's why most people can't stand me. Oh, I can be an amusing clown for… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
It's a bit embarrassing for a company to be exposed for wrongdoing, but it's really embarrassing if it's done by making them… — Joe Lycett Copy Share Image
