Adults Quote by Elinor Lipman

The profoundly humorous writers are humorous because they are responsive to the hopeless, uncouth, concatenations of life.

— Anonymous

I think a sense of humor is a very personal thing, and I don't know if I am talented enough to do romantic comedies.

— Charlize Theron

You know, I've always thought that it would be really funny if somebody made a romantic comedy where absolutely everything went well from beginning…

— Fiona Apple

It's terrible to write what are essentially comedies for people with no sense of humor. Everyone thinks they have a sense of humor, but…

— Whit Stillman

I've actually always wanted to write like a one-person show that was sort of a romantic comedy - a show that was kind of…

— Mike Birbiglia

Everyone who has ever met me for at least five minutes knows I'm a really funny person. I love to laugh and to make…

— Simone Elkeles

A comedy isn’t about being funny...a comedy is about characters who dare to know that they may choose a happy ending after all.

— Gary D. Schmidt

Clearly romantic comedy is my franchise genre, I don't mind saying that, it's true. I love doing them and hopefully always will do them.…

— Meg Ryan

Comedy is like fictional charm. It's the charm of fiction. Or the charisma of fiction. When you meet somebody who's immediately charismatic, you're attracted…

— Joshua Ferris

I love romantic comedies. I have a deep respect for them. I think they're really difficult to write and write well.

— Rashida Jones

I'm a novelist first, and I wrote a bunch of books, and everything I write, I just find people are more interesting when there's…

— Jonathan Tropper

What I'd really like to write is a romantic comedy. This is my favorite kind of movie. I feel almost embarrassed revealing this, because…

— Mindy Kaling