Always Quote by David Thewlis

Most of what I write is comedy.

— Patrick Marber

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

— Anthony Jeselnik

First and foremost, I just want to write comedy.

— Peter Baynham

I really like comedy. There's always a choice, when you're writing: you can either go for the joke or you can go for the…

— David Chase

Comedy, at least the way I write comedy, is just drama with jokes.

— Rob Walton

I wrote a play at drama school, which was a dark comedy - people laughed and cried. And then my script of one of…

— Michaela Coel

I love writing comedy.

— Mark Waid

Sitcom writing is difficult because it's not just about writing jokes - there's a very fine balance between characters, plot, and comedy, that if…

— Josh Widdicombe

I hope I am pigeonholed with comedy. I'm really not interested in writing the darker stuff, the emotional stuff.

— Jane Espenson

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

Writing comedy is an exposing thing because you're putting yourself on the line with every joke you write, and although you can't second-guess an…

— Catherine Tate

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