Come up Quote by Joan Rivers

We're taking part in a divine comedy and we should realise that the play is always a comedy, in that we're all ultimately ridiculous.

— Max Hastings

One can play comedy, two are required for melodrama, but a tragedy demands three.

— Elbert Hubbard

I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them.

— John le Carre

“Yes, the play of her life had begun, and whether it was to be a tragedy or a comedy who could tell?[99] Probably, neither;…

— Rhoda Broughton

every actor knows that tragedy, being linear and inevitable, is taxing - but comedy, which depends on the element of surprise, is the hardest…

— Robin Morgan

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

— Vanna Bonta

All good writers across the board, if they're dealing with real tragedy, they will give you comedy in it. And if they're dealing with…

— Chukwudi Iwuji

I think if you understand your role, comedy won't create any tragedy.

— Sanjeeda Sheikh

Is not the decisive difference between comedy and tragedy that tragedy denies us another chance?

— John Updike

One of the wonderful things about Shakespeare is that he trusted an audience to move quickly with him. One moment tragedy, the next comedy.

— Mariette Hartley

God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.

— Garrison Keillor

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

— Anonymous