Exaggeration Quote by David Sedaris

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

I tend to basically exaggerate in life, and in writing, it's fine to exaggerate. I really enjoy overstating for the purpose of getting a…

— Dr. Seuss

I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am.

— Erica Jong

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

Wit and humor seem to always factor into this - there's a tongue-in-cheek tone you get when you take on a formalist story -…

— Alexander Weinstein

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

My writing tends to become very dense, so I have to keep some cushion. Sometimes, words that seem superfluous are actually essential for the…

— Gretchen Rubin

Sometimes, I use humor because I believe in revealing truth in a way that other forms cannot.

— Ted Lieu

I think in reading a few sentences of text you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose writers.

— Lauren Mayberry

I'm not a comedy writer, I'm a comedian, so I only write stuff that I would want to say.

— Anthony Jeselnik

I think humor is often a very powerful tool to be able to express ideas that are heavy.

— Camille Henrot

I definitely script things out. I definitely write things down and try to write jokes. Often, they're terrible. I often write terrible, terrible jokes.

— Michael Ian Black