Audience Quote by Art Buchwald

The thing you realize pretty quickly, though, is that being in front of an audience whose job it is to laugh is a big…

— Eric McCormack

It's quite frightening; the business of trying to be funny is very hairy. In comedy, the potential for humiliation is huge. Trying to be…

— Emily Mortimer

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.

— Bill Cosby

Humor is not a sign of weakness. In fact, humor can be your greatest asset in the face of tragedy.

— Lee Corso

Humorous writing is often thought of as substandard in comparison to work with a more dramatic or tragic intent. I don't know what to…

— Patrick deWitt

Writing humor is not something every single person can do.

— Celia Rivenbark

“Know your audience! With the high level of cultural sensitivity these days, it is often better to err on the side of caution. If…

— Susan C. Young

I want to do something challenging and I want to take risks, but above all, I want people to be entertained...Because the only way…

— Shazia Mirza

Luckily, I'm not a stand-up comedian, so I don't get the fear of standing on stage in front of a dead audience: my humorous…

— Charles Stross

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

I write humor the way a surgeon operates, because it is a livelihood, because I have a great urge to do it, because many…

— James Thurber