Crafts Quote by Mark Twain

“The trouble with playing a trick on a highly intelligent man like Mr. Teller is that the time it takes him to figure out…

— Richard Feynman

“Humor depends on the teller and hearer of the jest standing in the same place.”

— Orson Scott Card

I think one of the dangers of humor is becoming seduced by it and sacrificing the story for a few laughs.

— Matthew Healy

The best joke-tellers are those who have the patience to wait for conversation to come around to the point where the jokes in their…

— Joseph Epstein

“Perhaps it was his wife who mainly made him laugh, for there are people who can make us laugh even when they don’t intend…

— Javier Marías

“Remember that what you are told is really threefold: shaped by the teller, reshaped by the listener, concealed from both by the dead man…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“Humor relieves the tension between what we see or desire but repress in order to sustain a survivable illusion about the world we live…

— Lynda Williams

“He was a humorist, and everyone knew the funny writers were the most serious sort under their skins.”

— Paula McLain

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation.

— Brendan Coyle

“As I remember his laugh, there was nothing mad about it, it was more like the laugh of someone who has been the victim…

— Guy Sajer

I tell stories. Because I believe you can do things that joke tellers can't do, and that is, bring your audience along.

— Bill Cosby

I think there's a difference between making comedy and reporting comedy. When you're a joke teller you can easily fall into the second, you…

— Demetri Martin