Comic Quote by Manuel Puig

Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the…

— Twyla Tharp

I don't see any division between the comic and the tragic. I feel like I'm writing about serious things, and humour is one of…

— Miriam Toews

“Even the most comic moment contains an element of melancholy; even the deepest tragedy harbors a trace of the ironic.”

— Christine Montross

Only after a while did it occur to me (in spite of the chilly silence which surrounded me) that my story was not of…

— Milan Kundera

You look for comic relief in difficult times.

— Colin Morgan

I love mixing humor and terror, or humor and exhaustion, or even humor and despair. I'm dealing right now with a loved one with…

— Gail Simone

I guess I try to find the humor by juxtaposing deeper themes in literature with what people perceive as being lighter, disposable children's fare…

— Robert Sikoryak

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic…

— Katharine Hepburn

It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when it is human, soon takes upon itself…

— Joseph Conrad

It seems to me that very sad things always contain an element of the comical

— Haruki Murakami

“Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy," Mom told me. "You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.”

— Jeannette Walls

For me, comic scores always have to have some melancholy in the background.

— Alexandre Desplat