Backwards Quote by Bo Burnham

Anything that I'm passionate about and surprises me usually ends up turning into a joke simply because I have questions about it and I'm…

— Katherine Ryan

You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.

— John Oliver

While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily the most pleasant subjects or even the most pleasant…

— Ann Beattie

Everyone has their personal topics. My comedy has always been very strong on observational humor, it stems from what I see every day in…

— Iliza Shlesinger

There is almost no topic that can't benefit from being talked about in a humorous way.

— Rachel Parris

If you do something that is not gags and punchlines and is character-based, where there are no jokes as such, then it all has…

— Darren Boyd

Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.

— Niels Bohr

I like talking about subjects that aren't funny in the first place and making them funny. So anything down and depressing is something I'll…

— Chris Rock

I just talk about the funny things in my life, and the idea is that my observations reflect the lives of my audience -…

— Dominic Holland

If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.

— Carrie Fisher

As I get older, I do want to add a bit more depth to my comedy. But even if I'm talking about a really…

— Lou Sanders

The way I started doing comedy is not a very cool, rock and roll story.

— Taylor Tomlinson