Both Quote by Jack Whitehall

I really love standup, and I really love writing standup.

— James Acaster

The reason it's satisfying for me to write and perform stand-up is because I get to find out who I am. There's a healing…

— Simon Amstell

Stand-up is hard. Or to keep it at a certain level is hard: I have no writers but me.

— Jerry Seinfeld

I enjoy writing the same way I enjoy doing standup. Part of the challenge is being creative and making it work no matter what…

— Greg Fitzsimmons

I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.

— Hannibal Buress

I always was a writer, but then I wanted to do stand-up because I thought that was a way that I could perform what…

— Roseanne Barr

I love writing stand-up so much and tinkering and looking for ideas.

— Jim Gaffigan

The thing about stand-up was, not only was I getting to write it without anybody saying I couldn't do it, but I got to…

— Donald Glover

Stand-up isn't something I just sit down and start writing - it's ideas you come up with in the shower, while you're driving, waiting…

— Chris Hardwick

As a writer, I need a creative outlet and that's why I do stand-up.

— Soupy Sales

Whatever I'm writing has seemed to be about something I don't feel I could freely express in my everyday life, and stand-up is a…

— Jaboukie Young-White

My father told me when I first started that standup is exciting and I should pursue it, but that writing would be the thing…

— Greg Fitzsimmons