Absolutely Quote by David Alan Basche

It always seems to someone outside the business that it is very difficult to write for a comedy show because it must be done…

— Robert Orben

In order for comedy to be funny you have to play the truth of the moment. But if you're not being completely truthful to…

— Stephen Root

Let's do some comedy. I always like to add some comedy to my show. Those who've seen me before might know that.

— Bill Hicks

There's a sense of spontaneity, and no emphasis on jokes in this show. People generally talk the way they talk in life if you…

— Larry David

It's dangerous talking about comedy; it gets to be very tedious and presumptuous.

— Christopher Guest

With comedy, you really want to work things out beforehand.

— Tim Matheson

I hate it when people come to comedy shows thinking it's going to be simply all about laughing at jokes.

— Deon Cole

I think if you turn down the volume on the good comedy, you should not even know if it's a comedy or not. It…

— Peter Billingsley

There's an infectiousness to comedy. It's meant to be shared and spread, so I feel like any message that you're talking about through the…

— Jaboukie Young-White

I don't have to worry about writing jokes. I just tell stories about things that have happened to me. As long as I'm alive…

— Gabriel Iglesias

Comedy is a very personal thing, and some people will find it funny, some people won't.

— Stephen Mangan

Comedy opens you up to ideas that a straight-up drama doesn't. You resist those messages when they come to you earnestly or dramatically.

— Rick Famuyiwa