Experiments Quote by Judd Apatow

You don't want to just do a joke because it works - we can make a lot of jokes work - you want to…

— Stephen Colbert

Writing your own jokes, you just kind of keep working on something until you think it might work, and then you try it out…

— Aziz Ansari

Writing a comedy script is a difficult thing. I think if someone is attempting a comedy and then they fail then it's understood.

— Paresh Rawal

Even if you know a character really well, there's no formula for what jokes will work and what won't.

— Seth MacFarlane

You write the script, and then you just go over it 400 times and make all the jokes better. It really is true. That's…

— Dana Gould

Sometimes a joke that's not working is just as hilarious as one that does.

— Deon Cole

Knowing what jokes will work is second nature; you just feel it.

— Jermaine Fowler

There can be a science to joke writing, there are certainly rules and patterns that can be followed, but I think most of the…

— Robin Ince

A joke is a way to say, 'I'm going to do something funny now. If I don't get a laugh at the end, I'm…

— Penn Jillette

I don't see much point in doing things for a pure joke. Every now and then you need a joke, but not so much…

— A. S. Byatt

There are practical things which contribute to a joke's funniness. People will find a joke funnier if they are sitting closer together, if it's…

— Ben Miller

I think what's difficult is proving to people that a script actually does work and sometimes the laughter might not be on the page,…

— Alice Lowe