“Let's suppose that you want to say, "I am a jerk." IN the 18th century, you would have to go around person… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“I dinna want to disappoint ye, but we's in a cellar right here, and it's full o' tatties.' After a while a… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I have been fortunate to be able to have a career playing comedy and drama. And it's awfully hard - it's like… — Jack Lemmon Copy Share Image
“Of course, he didn't know anything about these Indonesians, or why they would have been there at this moment to save his… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“If we happened to be in rehearsal downstairs in my room and a neighbor padded across the lawn to rap gently on… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“The common denominator of all jokes is a path of expectation that is diverted by an unexpected twist necessitating a complete reinterpretation… — V.S. Ramachandran Copy Share Image
While I was gone, somebody rearranged on the furniture in my bedroom. They put it in exactly the same place it was.… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
Practice easing your way along. Don't get het up or in a dither. Do your best; take it as it comes. You… — Smiley Blanton Copy Share Image
“Charlotte, darling, Henry said to his wife, who was staring at im in gape-mouthed horror. Jassamine, beside her, was wided eyed. Sorry… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“You’re just begging for a piece of me, you know that?” she growled. “I don’t know what gave you the idea I've… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
“Writing poetry's,' I looked around the solarium, but Madame Crommelynck's got a tractor beam, 'sort of . . . gay.' '"Gay"? A… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
As a blogger, Chez Pazienza is filled with outrage, passion and insight -- delivered with a distinctive point of view, a wicked… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
“Wow. I didn’t think it was possible for him to look any more intoxicating than he already did. But a leather clad… — Colleen Houck Copy Share Image
Every man has to settle down eventually. You know why you gotta settle down eventually? Because you don't want to be the… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I love comedy. Playing the underdog, and getting the laughs is my form of entertainment. I could think of nothing different that… — Eugene Levy Copy Share Image
'Northern Exposure.' I loved that show; I loved the way it was able to have episodes where somebody finds a woolly mammoth,… — Edward Kitsis Copy Share Image
“I know. I know. Just--hold on." He pulled out a thick headband. It was brown, with a plush fox head on the… — John Green Copy Share Image
I would call it a comedy variety show. We have some people just doing straight standup. We usually try to have one… — Todd Barry Copy Share Image
“Humor can heal the heart, instill hope, bring people together, and remind them that life isn’t meant to be so doggone serious.… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“Remember: eye contact," he says. "And be sure to smile." "You are such a mom." "You know what your problem is?" "That… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
“That’s it,” Flanagan said, his thick hands gripping the bar and his eyes wide. “I’m getting back on the wagon and I’m… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
As a director, just to be able to jump in to do something that's different, and to explore comedy and be challenged… — David Leitch Copy Share Image
A man's man is respectful, he's honorable, he's loyal, he's sensitive, he's strong, he's tough, he's well-groomed, he has a sense of… — Frank Vincent Copy Share Image
“That dung flop?” Nakita said, her dislike almost visibly dripping into nasty puddles at Amy’s designer flats. “Yes, I guess. That doesn’t… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
“Aye. 'Tis a free country." Monq had come to check on Elora just as she asked that question. "Well, that kind of… — Victoria Danann Copy Share Image
“I used to think Romeo and Juliet was the greatest love story ever written. But now that I’m middle-aged, I know better.… — J. Conrad Guest Copy Share Image
“One thing that I used to believe that has stuck with me is, of course, that farts are funny. Burps, too. Sneezes,… — Greg Knauss Copy Share Image
I always knew I wanted to make movies since I was around eleven. I never thought of it as wanting to do… — Jeff Baena Copy Share Image
“Sincere and unspiteful laughter is mirth, but where is there any mirth in our time, and do people know how to be… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I've made up a song about the new Folks," he (Little Georgie)added eagerly. "Would you like to hear it?" Don't think I… — Robert Lawson Copy Share Image
Humor has the tendency to be funny once. If I tell you a joke, we're going to have a big laugh. But… — Marcel Wanders Copy Share Image
“As soon as we got back I ran upstairs and told everyone the story, thus telling everyone the alarm code, thus breaking… — Sarah Royal Copy Share Image
I don't think I ever want to just leave comedy and become a straight dramatic actor. But if the opportunity comes, I… — Patti Harrison Copy Share Image
“The wild women in his lap,' my father enthused, 'laying their breasts on his head.' There was a moment of stunned silence.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
“You hunt and catch your own food. Am I correct?" "We are fierce predators of the night," DeChevue said proudly. Edwin tried… — Patrick E. McLean Copy Share Image
“Dad leapt over the garden wall instead of going through the gate. Sadly he didn‘t do himself a severe injury, and so… — Louise Rennison Copy Share Image
I would never believe it of you, my boy, regardless of the schemers your mother and sister turned out to be. You… — Julie Klassen Copy Share Image
I didn't understand how funny this play Much Ado About Nothing truly was until I became an English teacher and had to… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“I pulled the phone toward me and punched in the number of the sheriff's office in Flat Mesa. The deputy at the… — Allyson James Copy Share Image
