Church Quote by Del Shores

When I wrote 'Southern Baptist Sissies,' that was the first time that I really ventured out into pure drama with themes where there was…

— Del Shores

I don't have that kind of Southern experience, of the fire-and-brimstone preacher type of thing. Certainly not in my comedy. I come more from…

— Larry Wilmore

I always wrote risque comedy and crude comedy.

— Bob Odenkirk

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 came to Hollywood originally writing comedy and writing satire.

— Stephen Gaghan

I started doing comedy in a church.

— Anjelah Johnson

I was writing fiction in my 20s but in a pretty undisciplined way - late at night, maybe, after I'd peeled myself from the…

— Kevin Barry

I thought I had to write literature and add my name to the list of great Southern storytellers. Fortunately for me, no one wanted…

— Karin Slaughter

Going to Catholic school was what fueled me into comedy. The nuns were so brutal so I used to try to make my friends…

— Anonymous

All of my family members have had moments where they're upset with me because I'll cavalierly write a story just to be funny.

— Adam F. Goldberg

After my first novel, my mother said to me, 'Why don't you make your writing more funny? You're so funny in person.' Because my…

— Jonathan Ames

I just started writing for my own amusement and occasionally singing in little clubs around Los Angeles. Then I wrote 'The Rose,' and through…

— Amanda McBroom