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title: "5 Key Comedy Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [All people are sad clowns. That's the key to comedy - and it's a buffer against reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-odenkirk/all-people-are-sad-clowns-that-s-the-key-to-comedy-and-it-s-a-buffer/)

[Bob Odenkirk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-odenkirk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/bob-odenkirk-8987_clowns_all-people-are-sad-clowns-that-s-the-key_652702.jpg)

> [The key to comedy is commitment - if you're afraid, you shouldn't be a comedian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-swardson/the-key-to-comedy-is-commitment-if-you-re-afraid-you-shouldn-t-be-a/)

[Nick Swardson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-swardson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/106/nick-swardson-12742_comedian_the-key-to-comedy-is-commitment-if-you-r_882664.png)

> [To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elayne-boosler/to-listen-to-your-own-silence-is-the-key-to-comedy/)

[Elayne Boosler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elayne-boosler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/elayne-boosler-6166_comedy_to-listen-to-your-own-silence-is-the-key_1511955.jpg)

> [Do you know what the key to comedy is? Timing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-marshall/do-you-know-what-the-key-to-comedy-is-timing/)

[Winston Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-marshall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fa/winston-marshall-11128_comedy_do-you-know-what-the-key-to-comedy-is-ti_2511700.jpg)

> [That's the key to comedy: allowing yourself to look stupid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-mullally/that-s-the-key-to-comedy-allowing-yourself-to-look-stupid/)

[Megan Mullally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-mullally/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/megan-mullally-6997_allowing_that-s-the-key-to-comedy-allowing-yourse_3187750.jpg)

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