Humor Quote by Bridget Everett

I don't sit down to write a funny story. Every single thing I sit down to write is meant to be sad.

— Lorrie Moore

You have a choice in this world, I believe, about how to tell sad stories, and we made the funny choice.

— John Green

So far, at least, I haven't found a way to tell my kind of stories without making them both sad and funny.

— Todd Solondz

Even when something sad or tragic happens, I find a way to look at it in a positive light. People who don't have a…

— Zach Anner

I've had people tell me that I should just be sad and not joke around on Twitter, but they don't understand that joking and…

— Perfume Genius

I tell stories. Because I believe you can do things that joke tellers can't do, and that is, bring your audience along.

— Bill Cosby

I'm getting older, so how people face grave circumstances is of interest to me. And you meet a lot of people who are very…

— Judd Apatow

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic…

— Katharine Hepburn

Tell people the truth, they laugh. The truth is so tragic they have to pretend it's a joke.

— Lucille Kallen

There are a lot of great jokes you can sit down and write, but that's just a written joke, versus the comedy of the…

— John Mulaney

A lot of time, people enter the most depressing situations, and they are the funniest people on Earth, because they have to be. It's…

— Daniel Kaluuya

One of the things that I intend to devote a lot of time to in the coming years is continuing to try to move…

— Ted Cruz