Acknowledge Quote by Lorrie Moore

There are comics who choose to be controversial, and people have to make a judgment call. You either watch it or you don't. It's…

— Lenny Henry

Comedy has a responsibility to be a voice of society, so within that, there's always going to be those that talk about those subjects…

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

It's terrible to write what are essentially comedies for people with no sense of humor. Everyone thinks they have a sense of humor, but…

— Whit Stillman

There are many comics around who don't really have a feel for comedy. They can say outrageous things, have clever thoughts, and deliver some…

— Ronnie Corbett

In order for comedy to be funny you have to play the truth of the moment. But if you're not being completely truthful to…

— Stephen Root

The condition of the world today is such that most writers feel they cannot truthfully be "comic" about it.

— Dylan Thomas

I'm a natural clown, I suppose, in writing, and one has to accept that; I can't do anything about it. I have written one…

— Anthony Burgess

Comedy is able to point out things in ways that more serious people cannot.

— Randy Rainbow

Comedy naturally wears itself out - destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies and weaknesses…

— William Hazlitt

I think it would be harder for me not to write comedy because the comic view of things is the one that comes most…

— Richard Russo

Comedy is a very personal thing, and some people will find it funny, some people won't.

— Stephen Mangan

Comedy is a great tool. We [comics] are trying to find ways to use humor to enlighten people without preaching to them.

— Trevor Noah