Comedy Quote by Chris O'Dowd

The secret of writing comedy is to know where it's all going, then get ahead of it.

— Robert Orben

Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment. Going up with an idea and fleshing it out…

— Marc Maron

I think comedy is the hardest actual form of writing there is.

— Michael Hirst

What I didn't realize is that the writing process for comedies is that you do your table read, and if you aren't funny on…

— David Morse

First and foremost, I just want to write comedy.

— Peter Baynham

When you have a writing partner and you're writing a comedy, your goal is to make each other laugh.

— Lauren Miller

With comedy, I think it's so important, especially in TV, to know and trust what the writers are writing and just have it down.

— Jay Harrington

Most of what I write is comedy.

— Patrick Marber

Comedy writing is the hardest, and yet there's so much that's relatable in it.

— Valerie Faris

Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.

— Ben Elton

Every time I think about writing, comedy doesn't interest me in the slightest. I can play comedy, but I don't think in terms of…

— Jim Parsons

What it is is that comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. Anyone can write, and then…

— Michael Caine