Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually… — David Ives Copy Share Image
Comedy scares me a lot. I feel like it's way harder than drama. I think my safety net is definitely drama, and… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
“If you're going to live here, staying civil is as much a duty as sitting the steps or washing dishes. Now, while… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
I met Jon Lovett, who was just coming off of three years of being a presidential speech writer and had just arrived… — Josh Gad Copy Share Image
“And then Dieter was like, 'Over my dead body!' "And I was thinking my roomie was about to get his wish. "And… — B. Justin Shier Copy Share Image
In a band with humor, it's easy to be a caricature, especially when you've been around as long as we have. But… — Kate Pierson Copy Share Image
I didn't come from a wealthy family. I had no money. Maybe it goes back to naivete which is your greatest asset… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“New Rule: Democrats must get in touch with their inner asshole. I refer to the case of Van Jones, the man the… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Relationships are like yard sales, they look really fun from a couple hundred feet away, but then you realize its just a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If God is everywhere, I had concluded, then He is in food. Therefore, the more I ate the godlier I would become.… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“Give me your bow,” I said to the Nuban. He frowned. “You’re going to shoot him?” The guard laughed, but there wasn’t… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Ook, though very clever, was the worst fighter in the tribe. That is how he ended up with Grot-Grot as his woman.… — Aussiescribbler Copy Share Image
“Her gaze met his. "What do you want more than anything?" Right now, he felt like he could gaze into her green… — Kerrelyn Sparks Copy Share Image
One thing that bugs me in comedy is when somebody does a fake cry, you know, like they fake cry in a… — Sam Rockwell Copy Share Image
In my family, there was not an abundance of wealth, but there was an abundance of love. So there was always humor,… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
People need to write articles and they need to have angles in them and I'm grateful when people are doing articles, but… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“working to my potential.' It's like every teacher I have has some sort of manual to use when talking to me. She… — Elizabeth Scott Copy Share Image
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a… — Michelle Cooper Copy Share Image
“Imagine: If shifting from one universe to another is like moving up or down to parallel layers, overlapping with one universe, then… — E.C. Myers Copy Share Image
I'm going old school. Adult comedy but you can have your kids in the room. Kind of Andy Griffith meets Bill Cosby… — Henry Cho Copy Share Image
When the response to comedy becomes cheering instead of laughing, that is so irritating. It's the worst. Here's what cheering is: "Look… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
every actor knows that tragedy, being linear and inevitable, is taxing - but comedy, which depends on the element of surprise, is… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
“This is Zach." I said as Daniel shook hands with him. "The youngest is Ryan. The obnoxious one is Brent." "I respect… — Bree Despain Copy Share Image
“Alannah took a step back. “Brennus, are you intoxicated?” “I am King Brennus. I do not become intoxicated. I am intoxicating.” Alannah… — B.C. Morin Copy Share Image
If comedy is about surprises, about tension, there's a lot of tension and surprise there, in the fact that people are expecting… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing, I think, to totally balance comedy and horror, and to do it in a way that is about… — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
“And don't trouble yourself too much if you don't laugh at what you are about to read, for if you perk up… — Harvard Lampoon Copy Share Image
“She reached the powder room and shut the door behind her, jumping in fright at the sight that met her gaze in… — Jen Turano Copy Share Image
I was a terrible employee. I've been fired from almost every job I've ever had, luckily, in a good way, or else… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
The lumpiness of 'The Good Lie's progression - from infancy to adulthood, and from ethnic horror to gentle social comedy to a… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
“Filled with a coward rage that dares to burn but does not dare to blaze, Lord Emsworth coughed a cough that was… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Virtuoso? Are you serious? What kind of code name is that? Who's assigning code names these days? They should be shot. How… — Elizabeth Bevarly Copy Share Image
“Davis spun back around, with a nod at Wilkins. “You know, I think Merriam-Webster here is right, Jack—you do have a glowering… — Julie James Copy Share Image
“What never failed to boggle Daisy was how Judy Garland had only just arrived in this glorious colorful place and she immediately… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I'm really just trying to hash out the next two weeks of my life...so, something that is potentially four months down the… — Adam Carolla Copy Share Image
“Indeed, she seemed to have a special role as a wise woman, a woman whose robust common sense and humor had been… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
“He has got no good red blood in his body," said Sir James. "No. Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass, and… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I don't believe pumpkin pie is even made from pumpkin. I mean, how can something that smells that shitty make a pie… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
I'm doing stand-up comedy. I'm working on a one-woman show about how I don't like my baby. There is a period of… — Mary Lynn Rajskub Copy Share Image
“Father Pierre, why did you stay on in this colonial Campari-land, where the clink of glasses mingles with the murmur of a… — Monty Python's Flying Circus Copy Share Image
