Art Quote by Deon Cole

All the truly great stand-ups say, 'I go onstage, and I work on jokes. The inspiration will happen while I'm doing my work.' To…

— Patton Oswalt

I'm always writing; I'm always jotting things down on paper or making notes in my iPhone. Then I'll make myself sit down and kind…

— Sarah Silverman

I've never written jokes. I mean, I'll write things on a piece of paper and riff on them onstage.

— David Cross

I'm always trying out new stuff onstage. That's where I do all my writing.

— Patton Oswalt

I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.

— Adam DeVine

I don't practice or write stuff down - everything I do onstage was just made up before I went on.

— Don Rickles

I can only develop a stand-up show by being on stage. I can't write it. Whenever I see comedy written down, it very rarely…

— John Bishop

Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment.

— Marc Maron

Being able to write jokes is great, but you still have to get used to performing them and being on stage - and enjoying…

— Neal Brennan

I'm used to doing standup comedy where it's just me and a microphone and what I say goes.

— Esther Povitsky

I keep my stand-up comedy notes in a pile on my desk. I don't organize my act. I keep myself in a state of…

— Joy Behar

I've never thought of myself as a professional. I very rarely do something I don't enjoy.

— Stellan Skarsgard