I think we're the only jokeless show on television. I mean really, we have no setups and no punch lines. It's not… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical. — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
The Monica Lewinsky scandal was happening at the very time I was writing the West Wing pilot and it was hard, at… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
“What if there were no punch lines? What if there were no indicators? What if I created tension and never released it?… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
In the end, perhaps we should simply imagine a joke; a long joke that's continually retold in an accent too thick and… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I don't want to make compromises. I want my little silly jokes to be told with the correct punch line, and I'm… — Grant Hart Copy Share Image
I don't really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
Too many comics today ramble. By the time they get to the punch line, the audience has either gone to sleep, gone… — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
“Imagine that someone came up with a brilliant new campaign against smoking. It would show graphic images of people dying of lung… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
I don't really like actors. Actors are like terrible comedians with no punch lines. It's all about them. They talk about themselves… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
“The true-life stories sound like jokes with the same punch line: Why did the man almost walk into a bear? Why did… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
According to the media, trans women were subject to pain and punch lines. Instead of proclaiming that I was not a plot… — Janet Mock 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
Shame about how we’re gonna die here, though. I mean, seriously. An Arab and a half-Jew enter a store in Tennessee. It’s… — John Green Copy Share Image
Maybe I was what Leah thought she was. Some kind of dead end that shouldn’t be passed on to another generation. Or… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
I can be really silly when I'm not actually writing silliness, and I have to rein that in. Pynchon, in my opinion,… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
“We keep giggling, happy and nervous, tickled by an incomplete innocence. We both sense that some dark joke is being played on… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
When a kid can understand that a word can mean two things, there's some real thinking going on. They have a vested… — Brian P. Cleary Copy Share Image
The Punch Line is one of the best clubs in the world. It's an intimidating place if you're a younger comic, but… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound down on the punch line, you… — Buddy Hackett Copy Share Image
“FRECK: (Casually) I bought a methedrine plant today. BARRIS: (With a snotty expression on his face) Methedrine is a benny, like speed;… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
It's hard to be a national punch line unless lots of voters have soured on you. — Ari Melber Copy Share Image
A witch, a vampire, and a pixy walk into a bar, I thought as I led the way into the Squirrel’s End.… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punch… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
