Comedy Quote by David Sedaris

Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more…

— Ian Frazier

At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which…

— Richard Russo

Writing humor is not something every single person can do.

— Celia Rivenbark

I never write anything without humor, just because I like humor, but at the same time, it is a way for anything fantastical to…

— Joss Whedon

I often use humor as a tool in my writing, and sometimes that works and sometimes it sits alone just as a funny line.

— Hannes Holm

Humor is like a rhythm; it's like music. And you throw a couple of extra syllables in, you wreck the beat and you kill…

— Betty White

I certainly don't see the humour in my work as something that detracts from its seriousness. It's just a way of making difficult messages…

— Patricia Piccinini

When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see…

— David Sedaris

People who have picture-perfect upbringings and lives tend not to be funny. I don't think they write from a position of pain.

— Alex Borstein

Humor is like music. It's a rhythm, and you just kind of get the rhythm of it, and you have to know not to…

— Betty White

It's very hard to write humor.

— Mark Strand

If you record the world honestly, there's no way people can stop being funny. A lot of fiction writing doesn't get that idea, as…

— Lorrie Moore