Desire Quote by Joseph Conrad

I have tried sedulously not to laugh at the acts of man, nor to lament them, nor to detest them, but to understand them.

— Baruch Spinoza

I was intentionally curbing the impulse to be funny and hiding the ability. I wrote any number of very serious attempts at poems, short…

— Patrick deWitt

With my father and sister being very depressed for most of their lives, it was incumbent on me to try to make them laugh,…

— Miriam Toews

There's something really special, and addictive, about making that connection with an audience - knowing that they may never have seen you before, and…

— Lolly Adefope

I try to acknowledge both the sacred and the silly in my work. That goes for the live show as well. If I find…

— Jason Mraz

I've always had a way with the little people, making it a point to humor them without looking down my nose at their wasted…

— David Sedaris

They laughed at Edison and Einstein, but somehow I still feel uncomfortable when they laugh at me.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

By laughing at me, the audience really laughs at themselves, and realizing they have done this gives them sort of a spiritual second wind…

— Emmett Kelly

I despised their antics because I took life seriously and had a much more lofty and tender notion of romance. But I would have…

— Alice Munro

When I was doing research on the M.C.s and spending time with these cats, one of the things that struck me and made me…

— Kurt Sutter

I asked each one of them to make out with me and their reactions varied from excitable to horrified.

— Rachel Perry