Books Quote by Dorian Corey

“the book I was reading turned out to be crack ”

— Elizabeth Norris

If you're going to have a book full of clever people and nobody ever jokes, it's just not going to ring true to the…

— Patrick Rothfuss

What most readers do not realize is that it takes a particular genius to write funny, to satirize.

— F. Sionil Jose

Even if you know a character really well, there's no formula for what jokes will work and what won't.

— Seth MacFarlane

You're not just looking for laughs, but you're trying to do the characters first, and then the laughs come afterwards.

— Harry Shearer

If you're dumb enough to do crack, you're supposed to die. It's evolution.

— Joe Rogan

If I'm making myself laugh, I figure most of my readers will be amused as well.

— Jim C. Hines

“Someday you'll meet people who are actually on crack and you won't think that's a super funny thing to say.”

— Patrick Stump

“I hate tricks. At the first sign of a trick or gimmick in a piece of fiction, a cheap trick or even an elaborate…

— Raymond Carver

The trouble with the jokes is that once they're written, I know how they're supposed to work, and all I can do is not…

— Stephen Colbert

Ultimately every trick succeeds or fails with an audience because of its plot.

— Jim Steinmeyer

I usually tame my off-kilter sense of humor for novels.

— Eden Robinson