Dinner Quote by David Sedaris

I have always noticed that people will never laugh at anything that is not based on truth.

— Will Rogers

You know when you tell a self-deprecating story at a dinner party, everyone's laughing along with you? But then when someone else repeats that…

— Toby Young

I guess telling stories is an art. I never looked at it that way. I just started talking, and everyone started laughing. So I…

— Art Donovan

It's difficult to differentiate between a story that's humorous and clever and one that actually makes people laugh out loud.

— Mick Foley

“People never think things that are true are funny.”

— Melissa Kantor

So when you tell a joke, you want to make someone laugh, or if you tell a story about someone who had a heart…

— Peter Guber

What's the use of stories that aren't even true?

— Salman Rushdie

Sometimes people will raise a hand to their mouth in shock at something I've said. Sometimes people will laugh and berate themselves in equal…

— Liz Carr

If people do not laugh it's not comedy.

— Lars von Trier

When there's characters out there that don't have humor, I don't find them as believable, because we all have humor, no matter what level…

— Rhys Darby

[Some people think] that storytelling is telling jokes. So they have to be discouraged! Then others think that storytelling-is like an encounter group . . .

— Doris Lessing

If you are a great dramatic actor then you often don't know if people are enjoying your stuff at all because they are sitting…

— Steve Coogan