Funny Quote by Jamie Demetriou

When you're on a staff, it's not your job to write what you think is funny. It's your job to write what the person…

— Billy Lawrence

I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny.

— Judd Apatow

Most comedies are really hard to write, or to watch, because you kind of generally know what's coming.

— Steve Martin

You have to be careful what you say in front of comedy writers because they will absolutely make fun of it in the next…

— David Alan Basche

When it's something you really adore, I think you don't want to be the one who accidentally writes a crap episode.

— Jane Goldman

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

Sitcom writing is difficult because it's not just about writing jokes - there's a very fine balance between characters, plot, and comedy, that if…

— Josh Widdicombe

What you don't think when you sit down to write a show is, 'How can I be shocking?' That question isn't interesting, it's all…

— Jesse Armstrong

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

Sometimes I start off shows by explaining to people that it's just a bunch of stories - I always say 'It's like standup, just…

— Ari Shaffir

It's important for the writers to catch themselves and say 'are we crossing the line here?' But then I think 'it's a TV show,…

— Leisha Hailey

I don't want to get pretentious, but there's an art to doing sitcoms; you have to make it work in that format.

— Sean Maguire