Book Quote by Michael Mandelbaum

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

— Randy Rainbow

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

— Peter Ustinov

I think comedy is so much easier to do on the page than it is in real life. When I'm writing, comedy is an…

— Joshua Ferris

Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big, serious novel and a funny novel, the funny novel…

— Neil Gaiman

You know it’s them books what make you talk funny.

— Lauren Myracle

The only way to get a serious message across is through comedy

— Woody Harrelson

If you play comedic scenes like they're really serious, then it's so much more funny than if you're going for a laugh.

— Patton Oswalt

Humor is important for is pacing. If your whole book is just drama drama drama, it's going to wear down the reader.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Comedy in America is very serious. Either they laugh, or they don't.

— Gad Elmaleh

Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the other way…

— Christopher Walken

I think Britain has this tradition which suggests that if you make the readers laugh too much, you can't really be serious. Whereas, I…

— Mark Haddon

Comedy has a way of dealing with serious issues and finding humour in it.

— Eddie Griffin