Cambridge Quote by Eric Idle

I got locked into a tradition [at Cambridge] of doing comedy.

— Eric Idle

I wrote comedy sketches in college.

— Ellie Kemper

I started writing sketches with Dennis Kelly, who I ended up writing 'Pulling' with. We entered a BBC competition and did quite well, then…

— Sharon Horgan

I wrote a play at drama school, which was a dark comedy - people laughed and cried. And then my script of one of…

— Michaela Coel

I got into comedy because I wanted to get into writing.

— Anthony Jeselnik

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

— Marc Maron

I used to do a lot of story writing and storytelling coming up through grade school. By the time I got to college, I…

— Rhea Seehorn

When I was in college I did a lot of comedy.

— Dean Norris

I came to Hollywood originally writing comedy and writing satire.

— Stephen Gaghan

Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment. Going up with an idea and fleshing it out…

— Marc Maron

And writing comedy and it really taught me how to kind of like craft jokes, it sounds like weird but really focus on crafting…

— Nicholas Stoller

I've been a comedian for a long time so writing and performing is a big part of what I do. If anybody's doing comedy…

— Colton Dunn