Being Quote by Neal Brennan

I can only develop a stand-up show by being on stage. I can't write it. Whenever I see comedy written down, it very rarely…

— John Bishop

Well, I am not always joking, sometimes I am serious. But some people always expect you to be funny. If you were like you…

— Dom Irrera

I've felt very comfortable on stage and love making people laugh. It's that kind of addictive thing where you get a laugh and you…

— Lucy DeVito

I didn't know if I could be funny on stage or write a joke. But I saw that there are no rules. If you're…

— Kumail Nanjiani

With stand-up, it's really easy to get complacent and do the same jokes over and over because you know they work. You have fun,…

— Michelle Buteau

You don't want to walk on stage and people are looking at your arms rather than listening to your jokes. I think it just…

— Matt Rife

I never wrote a joke in my life. I just get on stage and let it flow.

— Eddie Griffin

I've never written jokes. I mean, I'll write things on a piece of paper and riff on them onstage.

— David Cross

Like most writers I know, I love being on stage. I’ve sublimated the dramatic urge by teaching and by making people laugh.

— Francine du Plessix Gray

I would be doomed if I didn't invent humor in my life. When I was young, I had all these punk and performance-art bands,…

— Nils Frahm

I've done comedy on stage, in fact it is one of my strong points.

— Neeraj Kabi

It seemed fun to play a villain on stage and I wanted my jokes to be so good that I could just calmly tell…

— Anthony Jeselnik