Ideas Quote by Demetri Martin

I get so happy when I write a joke. It's a very satisfying, liberating feeling.

— Rita Rudner

Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline.

— Demetri Martin

Sometimes I use my jokes as building blocks for larger bits. I like to draw and play music, so sometimes I do those things…

— Demetri Martin

I get just as much of a thrill out of constructing a good sentence that gets a laugh at the end as I do…

— Julian Clary

I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge.

— Herman Wouk

I have a really analytical approach to art. And the whole idea that you can't analyze what makes a joke funny...I do not agree…

— David Rees

Most of my artwork is geared towards being humorous in some light.

— Frances Bean Cobain

Like great art, something essential dies when great jokes are explained. So what's the key to telling a good joke/creating great art timing.

— Travis Nichols

The humor I came up with is, for the most part, a bit crude or guttural, and many people aren't going to get it…

— Donald Ray Pollock

I think I love jokes! The best jokes are equal to the best art, in my mind, and as rare.

— Travis Nichols

I never really write the jokes. I just sit down over a week or two and try to figure out what I want to…

— Chris Rock

I like writing a joke, and I like when a joke works, and I like other comics who tell jokes.

— Dave Attell