Books Quote by Jarod Kintz

Sometimes I do readings and people can’t stop laughing, but I’m reading about pretty tragic things. I think Soviet humor is a desperate humor,…

— Alina Bronsky

Finally the world would see my full range of comedy characters - from grouchy librarian to Russian librarian.

— Tina Fey

“The anecdote was funny, but as my father gazed across the river at the university of his youth, his Russian life was in his…

— Paullina Simons

“So... Boris. Are you evil?' [said the Doctor]. 'Not at all, my dear sir,' chuckled Boris. 'You just chuckled,' groaned the Doctor. 'Chuckling's a…

— James Goss

Audacious ribald: your laughter will finish in hideous boredom before morning.

— George Bernard Shaw

After the first few readings in comedy venues I did begin to write for laughs. There's something so gratifying about stimulating laughter.

— Aaron Belz

The book that made me decide to go into Russian literature was 'Anna Karenina,' which I first read in high school. The thing that…

— Elif Batuman

“I really love to read bedtime story for my kids before they fall asleep. Making them so excited and inspired, it's truly my favorite…

— Toba Beta

“Laughter comes later, like wisdom teeth, and laughter at yourself comes last of all in a mad race with death, and sometimes it isn’t…

— John Steinbeck

“How's your humor? What can you do to have more humorous lines to use in the right place at the right time? I highly…

— Susan C. Young

Comedy is important! When you're having a stressful day, and you come home, you want to watch something that makes you laugh.

— Michael Cudlitz

“Are we genuinely prepared to say that working in an office building or shopping in a mall is real, while reading Tolstoy is not?”

— Sarah Arthur