Audience Quote by Denis Leary

As the weeks went on, I realized there was an important role comedy would play in healing the tragedies of September 11. Comedy can…

— Maz Jobrani

A lot of people consider 9/11 to be a tragedy, and in some ways it is, but I think there's also opportunity for a…

— Zach Braff

The way I reacted to 9/11 was I decided I didn't want to do any movies that are sad or critical. I decided I…

— Jack Nicholson

Comics seemed to have a handle on things. They could sort of disarm and get control over reality. I found it very comforting to…

— Marc Maron

That's why our comics are important: they're pointing things out and laughing at the same time. There have been horrible, horrible times in history.…

— Lynne Tillman

Well, audiences will laugh at a lot of things that comedians won't.

— Jim Norton

I had to host a comedy show the day after 9/11, and I really knocked it out of the park. But that was before…

— Karen Kilgariff

Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.

— Allen Klein

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

With comedy, it's really hard to tell if something's working on the page - you really need the actors to bring it alive. The…

— Maggie Carey

Good comedy can be liberating, and if I'm doing my job as a comedian, part of the joy for the audience is getting that…

— Pete Holmes

When anything doesn't hit with a huge laugh, as comics, it feels like, Oh no, oh no, we're sinking.

— Tim Heidecker