Accept Quote by Anthony Burgess

After my first novel, my mother said to me, 'Why don't you make your writing more funny? You're so funny in person.' Because my…

— Jonathan Ames

“Human beings are unable to be about the serious business of living and building societies if they feel compelled to always clown or entertain…

— Na'im Akbar

I have a rule - 'funny is funny!' When I write comedy, it's not my aim to upset people. I will be offensive, edgy…

— Vir Das

Since childhood, I've been a clown. I've always liked being very funny or trying to make people laugh. It's my original self.

— Bad Bunny

To my family and friends, I'm very definitely a clown. But do you know what? Doing a drama would almost seem easy because I…

— Ashley Jensen

“Comedy is hard. In many ways, it's like singing: If you have perfect pitch, it's much easier. But you can still go a long…

— Jennifer Crusie

I never aim to be funny. I'm always just focused on telling the story authentically, and if that affects people sometimes through laughter, then…

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph

I think that's part of being a comedy writer. You have to be confident. If you're sitting around worrying about, like, oh my God,…

— David Mandel

Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustn't get serious with people. They don't expect…

— Fanny Brice

Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustn't get serious with people. They don't expect…

— Fanny Brice

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

I'm afraid that the act of writing is so scary and anxiety-filled that I never laugh at all. In fact, when people tell me…

— Cynthia Ozick