Comedian Quote by Carl Reiner Download Open image “Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff.” — Carl Reiner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedian Pencils Pens Writing
Comedians rarely have writers, and if you do it's usually a sign of laziness. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I don’t like writing for comedians. I like writing for actors. The best comedians are the best actors. — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I have comedy chops. I guess you get lucky with good writing because I don't think I'm a comedian by any… — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
When I first started, stand-up comedians writing novels was thought of as a great encroachment on the art form and people got very angsty.… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
Comedians who aren't screenwriters are telling jokes that they themselves think are funny. They're expressing their own view of what they think funny is. — Craig Mazin Copy Share Image
Other comedians have more flexibility and more mental freedom. They can be loose with what they have written. — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to be what… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
If you can't write your own material, you have very little chance of making it as a comedian. — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
I'm not a comedy writer, I'm a comedian, so I only write stuff that I would want to say. — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
Comedians tend to find a comfort zone and stay there and do lamer versions of themselves for the rest of their career. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Comedians kind of write what comes to them. You can give yourself little assignments, but it's what inspires you. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
People have a comic bent or an angularity to their thinking, and those are the people who make jokes. And it's usually people who… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I've seen the invention of television and performed on television even before my family owned one. — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
Going through war and living is a very important process. You realize how vulnerable you are and how lucky you are to be in… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I write books that way - I put a first line down and say, "Where does this go?" — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't even know if you're… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I'm not a believer, I call myself an atheist. It was man who invented God. I once wrote that there are 15 things I… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I was a Teletype operator in the army, so that's where I learned to type. One day, I went downstairs to see if I… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
Every morning, I would actually look at the obituaries before I had breakfast. And as a joke I said if I was not in… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
Writing is the basis of all, because creating something that didn't even exist before is like taking an empty canvass. It is a wonderful… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I only please myself. I figure I'm just one of many people. I'm not that different from anybody else and I don't have great… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
You can get the best out of people if they're happy and not worried or not frightened that they're going to make a mistake. — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I like to turn up my collar when I'm leaving the theatre and feel like I'm some heroic comedian figure. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
The only difference between a comedian and someone else? We need to make people laugh more. — Greg Davies Copy Share Image
When a soldier of the night's watch dies they say, "And now his watch is over." That's what they say when a comedian dies.… — Brad Williams Copy Share Image
My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary… — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
If I had a choice, I would rather watch a comedian not involve themselves in politics at all but be hilarious than someone who… — Jon Richardson Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind gigging around the same era as Jesus, after he gives his speech about the meek and how blessed they are and… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
If someone doesn't like a comedian that's fine; a lot of people probably don't like my standup, and that's fine. But I think that… — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
It's very rare that an older comedian sort of slips into an old-school clunker. You know, you don't hear too much of that anymore. — Jeff Ross Copy Share Image
I was a kid, and I would watch standup comics do the 'Tonight Show,' and if Johnny Carson liked you, he'd wave you over… — Jo Koy Copy Share Image
Gary Greenberg is a thoughtful comedian and a cranky philosopher and a humble pest of a reporter, equal parts Woody Allen, Kierkegaard, and Columbo.… — Gideon Lewis-Kraus Copy Share Image
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