End Quote by Penn Jillette

I think a joke is a form of truth-telling. A good joke that's absurd contains elements of our daily darkness and also a possibility…

— Colson Whitehead

I have, like, two and a half years of failed jokes that I know I wouldn't repeat, but I certainly have no comprehension of…

— Taran Killam

I know what I want to talk about, but I don't really know what's funny about a joke until I perform it in front…

— James Acaster

Someone said to me at a party once, 'Oh, yeah, you're a comedian? Then how come you're not funny now?' And I just wanted…

— Mike Birbiglia

If a comedian tells a joke that you find funny, you laugh. If he tells a joke you do not find funny, dont laugh.…

— Gilbert Gottfried

If a comedian tells a joke that you find funny, you laugh. If he tells a joke you do not find funny, don't laugh.…

— Gilbert Gottfried

A joke isn't a joke until someone laughs.

— Michael Crawford

Humor is hard, hard, hard. And if you fail with humor, you don't fail halfway. You drop the ball humor-wise and everyone notices.

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Don’t try to make a joke just to make a joke. Sometimes, as human beings, we so want to fit in and connect that…

— Susan C. Young

Sometimes a joke that's not working is just as hilarious as one that does.

— Deon Cole

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.

— Norm MacDonald

A joke is a joke or the image of a truth.

— Storm Jameson