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I'm not a sketch writer. I know what I am: I have a sensitive comedic sensibility. What turns me on is subtle neurosis. That's…

— Lake Bell

It's hard to write a comedy sketch.

— Kate McKinnon

“I think drawing is a celebration and connection to my childhood. To draw in public is to open yourself to people with a kind…

— Bill McDonough

When you're writing a sketch, it has to be surrounded by a situation. It can't just be out of the air.

— Leslie Jones

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

If you don't like the people, you're just doing a sketch. Which, in most cases, is comedy minus some emotional backbone.

— Christopher Guest

You wouldn't know how to perform a sketch that you don't find funny. You just couldn't do it.

— Matt Lucas

If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects…

— Bill Watterson

Every writer scrounges for inspiration in different places, and there's no shame in raiding the headlines. It's necessary, in fact, when attempting contemporary satire.…

— Carl Hiaasen

Don't be too precious or attached to anything you write. Let things be malleable. For sketch writers, remember they're called sketches for a reason.…

— Tina Fey

When you write something, at first you might feel very defensive and protective of every single thing, but after a while, you just see…

— Edgar Wright

I have a really analytical approach to art. And the whole idea that you can't analyze what makes a joke funny...I do not agree…

— David Rees