Big Quote by Josh Widdicombe

Sometimes I just want to tell a story regardless of whether it fits what the show is saying. I’ve been in a lot of…

— Louis C. K

Your life could be falling apart, but for your audience, you have to put up a show.

— Mahira Khan

I wanted to write a show about an estate that wasn't sad or morbid, like a lot of shows portray working class life to…

— Michaela Coel

The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.

— Ben Vereen

There's nothing you can't tell to an audience, because they're all people who've had lives. The only thing they don't want to watch is…

— Sara Pascoe

A show can be completely dead before you even get on the air. I've been privy to a couple of those.

— Marti Noxon

When I'm doing an appearance somewhere and taking questions from the audience, I can always count on: 'Tell about the guy who died on…

— Dick Cavett

When you're tied to one show, you are very much at the mercy of the writers, so you can suddenly get a script where…

— Alan Dale

I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.

— Gary Shteyngart

If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show.

— Dorothy Fields

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

I’ve been on a lot of shows that nobody cared about. This one’s fun because a lot more people are interested in the show,…

— James Denton