Comedy Quote by Barbara Stanwyck

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

— Angela Carter

Comedy defends the commonplace; tragedy explodes it.

— Mason Cooley

The constituents of tragedy may be universally acknowledged, easily invoked and deeply felt, but the elements of comedy are, I think, more widely variable…

— Paul Di Filippo

Comedy is tragedy revisited.

— Phyllis Diller

Avoiding humiliation is the core of tragedy and comedy.

— John Guare

“Tragedy and comedy involve an audience, so they must give--sharing themselves to elicit tears and laughter. Melodrama is not such a strategist. It meets…

— Yiyun Li

Human comedy is more profound than tragedy. In tragedy we die and it is very sad. In comedy we avoid death, and it is…

— Jennifer Stone

Comedy is merely tragedy happening to someone else.

— W. C. Fields

Comedy is hostile to profundity, and brings everything to the surface.

— Mason Cooley

Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.

— Jack Dee

There is no essential difference between the material of comedy and tragedy. All depends on the point of view of the dramatist, which, by…

— Anonymous

In movies, comedy and tragedy are all the same.

— Jean-Luc Godard