When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour. — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
“All of it—for this. Leading us to a door we can't open, a password we don't have.” — Meagan Spooner Copy Share Image
“You can get anywhere in Pakistan if you know people, even into jail.” — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humour; Shakespeare is not my thing. — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
“Cuba may be the only place in the world where you can be yourself and more than yourself at the same time” — Pedro Juan Gutiérrez Copy Share Image
“Daniel Craig is sitting on a carrot, Jude Law is sitting on Daniel Craig's head.” — Diane Messidoro Copy Share Image
One never really knows how much one has been touched by a place until one has left it. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“I'm holding a super-expandable energy-powered towel. I've made friends with space hamsters. I think we've stretched believability rather far, don't you?” — Michael S. Atkinson Copy Share Image
'Understanding' art is like having a sense of humour - if you don't have one, no amount of explanation is going to… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
“How can you say you're not in love with Hell?" "Because I'm not in love with Hell." See? Not hard to say… — Jet Mykles Copy Share Image
I said in my earlier book, and find no reason for retracting my statement, that the famous Jewish sense of humour got… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
“Just looking at him made Andrew feel tense and irritated. It was wonder perfect strangers didn't go up to the guy and… — Jane Davitt Copy Share Image
“But Yossarian knew he was right, because, as he explained to Clevinger, to the best of his knowledge he had never been… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“People assume that artists must talk about art and beauty and the sublime whenever we get together, but no, we usually talk… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“When the first book out my sister-in-law read it and we were chatting at 5 o'clock in the afternoon and she said,… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Mercer,” Polly says, “we are now going to hug. As a group. The experience will be very un-English. It will be good… — Nick Harkaway Copy Share Image
“Costin regained his serious tone but his eyes softened. "I won't force you into anything Sally. I know this is all different… — Quinn Loftis Copy Share Image
“The problem, he thought, was that so much humour involved misfortune of one sort or another, and now that same human misfortune… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“She’s twenty-one and just by her hairstyle you can tell she’s saving IT for the man she will marry. It’s short at… — Juan Antonio Butler Copy Share Image
“Oh, come on Em." He stopped walking and looked me in the eyes. His own were dark and shiny. "You know how… — Jennifer Jabaley Copy Share Image
It always interested me that 'Goodness Gracious Me' and 'The Kumars,' when shown around the world, were referred to as British comedy.… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
The establishment will irritate you - pull your beard, flick your face - to make you fight. Because once they've got you… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
