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I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more…

— William Collins

The humor I came up with is, for the most part, a bit crude or guttural, and many people aren't going to get it…

— Donald Ray Pollock

To me, humor is part of a conversation with an audience.

— Scott Avett

Humor is essential to a full and happy life. It is a reliever and relaxer of pressure and tension, and the saving element in…

— Richard L. Evans

Humor is the secret into the audience's other ranges of emotions.

— Kevin Feige

Humor is a bit like Mary Poppins' sugar-it helps the medicine go down. A little bit of humor allows people to think about very…

— James Fadiman

“Preacher Henry Ward Beecher said, “A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It is jolted by every pebble…

— Ted Cunningham

If you play comedic scenes like they're really serious, then it's so much more funny than if you're going for a laugh.

— Patton Oswalt

I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the…

— Ian Frazier

English humor is hard to appreciate, though, unless you are trained to it. The English papers, in reporting my speeches, always put 'laughter' in…

— Mark Twain

I believe comedy is a really good lens to filter serious issues through. If people are laughing, they don't necessarily realize until they stop…

— Kenya Barris

Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the other way…

— Christopher Walken