Ability Quote by Alan Zweibel

Being funny is a gift, and, when done well, is an art form.

— Craig Ferguson

The ability to be funny is pretty widespread in the population.

— Robert Mankoff

I think my way of being "funny" is just saying things that people think but have learned not to say, whereas, I haven't learned…

— Victoria Chang

I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world…

— Calvin Trillin

Anyone who is considered funny will tell you, sometimes without your even asking, that deep inside they are very serious, neurotic, introspective people.

— Wendy Wasserstein

“This brings up yet another, far more important misconception: that being comically generative and having a sense of humor are one and the same…

— David Rakoff

For some reason, people find me funny. It's quite hard to define why a thought is funny. It's even harder to define why a…

— Wallace Shawn

Anyone who is considered funny will tell you, sometimes without even your asking, that deep inside they are very serious, neurotic, introspective people.

— Wendy Wasserstein

Personally I don't spend much time thinking about being funny. For me it's always been just a way to get by, a way to…

— Wendy Wasserstein

Being funny should be an incidental byproduct of trying to get to something truthful, not a destination in itself.

— Alain de Botton

Humor is the healthy way of feeling "distance" between one's self and the problem, a way of standing off and looking at one's problem…

— Rollo May

If you can be funny, it means you're intelligent. Your brain is working fast.

— Amber Valletta