Comedy Quote by Alan Thicke

All comedy comes from a dark place.

— Katt Williams

In stand-up, there's that idea that comedy comes from a dark place, but it's not a rule.

— Ray Romano

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

— Chuck Jones

I think Georges Feydeau said comedy is just tragedy speeded up.

— Emily Mortimer

Like I said, all comedy is based on exaggeration, big or small, whatever you can get away with.

— Drew Carey

The energy in a comedy is very serious. Somebody said comedy is a tragedy plus time. When you have a tragedy, for example, like…

— Javier Camara

It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy.' And I was like, 'No! No!' But I…

— Rachael Harris

“Too many of us have to sit foolishly by while something comes out of the dark, strikes, returns to wherever it came from, as…

— Thomas Pynchon

The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out: At one stride comes the dark; With far-heard whisper o'er the sea, Off shot the spectre-bark.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Art is like therapy; what comes up is what comes up. It may be dark, but that's what comes up. You may want to…

— Nick Bantock

If he comes in the dark, then it's KYAG Time!" - Harkat Mulds (The Lake of Souls)

— Darren Shan

Prejudice comes from being in the dark; sunlight disinfects it.

— Anonymous